Elected officials take office

Ronna Johnson won the race for Place 7, and incumbent Greg Eady won re-election to Place 6 on the Georgetown ISD board of trustees May 12. The pair was sworn into office May 21 at the board's regular meeting.

New principal is named for Georgetown Alternative Program

Mike Miller, Georgetown High School Assistant principal, was named the new principal for the Georgetown Alternative Program, or GAP.

The alternative education program for Georgetown ISD is for sixth- through 12th-grade students who have violated the district's student code of conduct.

Miller has served as assistant principal at GHS since 2004. Prior to that, he was an assistant principal in Belton ISD for eight years, a teacher in Georgetown ISD for eight years and a teacher for one year in Lake Travis ISD.

Board approves resolution for new accountability system

The Georgetown ISD board of trustees approved a resolution May 21 that opposes high-stakes standardized testing of Texas Public School students. The resolution was drafted by the Texas Association of School Administrators and endorsed by the Texas Association of School Boards, according to the district.

The approved resolution opposes testing as the "only assessment that really matters to" state and federal accountability system, and states that testing is "strangling" public schools by putting too much emphasis on test preparation and memorization. The resolution is not opposed to accountability but seeks a new system using multiple measures, according to the district.