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Long-range planning panel recommends holding off on expanding out-of-district transfers
Summary
Georgetown ISD’s long-range planning committee's open-enrollment subcommittee recommended the district not expand interdistrict (out-of-district) transfers at this time, citing timing concerns, rezoning and capacity uncertainty; the committee urged tracking transfer interest and reconsidering after rezoning and new-school openings.
Members of Georgetown ISD’s long-range planning committee presented the first formal subcommittee recommendation to the board during the May 5 workshop: do not expand out-of-district (interdistrict) transfers at this time.
Dr. Stoner, who chaired the open-enrollment subcommittee, said the committee evaluated four options and that the group’s recommendation was for the district to maintain current transfer practice rather than open a broader transfer program immediately. "The recommendation is let's not look at expanding to out of district at this time," Dr. Stoner said, noting the committee’s concern about making such a change while multiple significant actions (rezoning, opening new schools and pending legislative…
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