Georgetown ISD is one step closer to rezoning students and adopting a new calendar for next school year.

GISD officials shared community members' preferred academic calendar for the 2026-27 school year at a Dec. 1 board workshop. Additionally, district officials discussed community feedback on new attendance zones proposed for elementary and middle school students.

What you need to know

In October, GISD surveyed nearly 600 parents and employees on three calendar options for next school year. About 37% of respondents favored calendar Option A over Option B and Option C, according to district data. Additionally, 17 out of 22 members on the District Performance Committee voted to recommend Option A to the board of trustees.

Option A includes the following features:
  • School starting Thursday, Aug. 20
  • Fall break Oct. 9-13
  • Two professional learning days and student holidays Jan. 4-5
  • Spring break March 15-19
All three calendar options feature:
  • 187 teacher days
  • 168 full student days and two half days
  • Two bad weather days
  • Minimum of five professional learning days for staff
  • Mid-week start to school
  • Graduation and end of the school year before Memorial Day
The board will vote on whether to approve calendar Option A at its Dec. 15 meeting, said Wes Vanicek, chief of construction services and future readiness initiatives.


What else?

GISD has proposed adopting new attendance boundaries that would rezone thousands of elementary and middle school students next school year. The rezoning is intended to accommodate the opening of Elementary School No. 12 and Middle School No. 5 in August while balancing enrollment across current campuses.

Since releasing its first rezoning scenarios in November, the district has received input from 31 people through an online form and from 19 people at two town hall meetings. Community members’ top three priorities were remaining at a school close to their homes, maintaining the same feeder patterns, and balancing the enrollment of students with low socioeconomic statuses across campuses, Chief of Strategic Operations Lannon Heflin said.

“We're trying really hard to balance these three things, but when you prioritize one it topples the others,” Heflin said.


Community members also expressed concerns about:
  • Impacting students’ mental health by splitting friend groups when transitioning to middle school
  • Equity and the availability of resources related to the socioeconomic status of students at Elementary School No. 12 and Middle School No. 5
  • Transporting students further away
  • Transition fatigue for students who were recently rezoned
  • A lack of consistency in special education staff and campuses causing academic regression for students with learning disabilities
Although many community members said they want to keep current feeder patterns, this could result in unsafe overcrowding at some schools within two years, Heflin said. The current rezoning proposals provide schools capacity for the next five to 10 years and would reduce the need for future rezoning, according to district documents.

There will be more transfer opportunities for students to stay at their current schools depending on space, Heflin said. Being rezoned to a different middle school does not determine where a student is going for high school, he said.

Students in dual language programming could potentially attend Elementary School No. 12 or Williams Elementary, Heflin said.

Get involved


GISD is continuing to accept community input on the elementary and middle school rezoning.

Community members may complete an online survey or attend one of the following town hall events from 6-7 p.m.: