ATX-GEO: Impact 11/10/2025

Georgetown ISD officials have released their first draft of new attendance zones for next school year.

Zooming out: By February, the board of trustees will vote to rezone some students to accommodate the opening of Elementary School No. 12 and Middle School No. 5 while balancing enrollment across current campuses, Chief of Strategic Operations Lannon Heflin said at a Nov. 4 board workshop.

The update: Across elementary campuses, the rezoning proposal would move:

• Around 470 students from Cooper and Williams elementaries to Elementary School No. 12
• Around 230 students from Wolf Ranch Elementary to San Gabriel Elementary
• Around 130 students from Wolf Ranch Elementary to Frost Elementary
• Around 200 students from from Carver Elementary to Williams Elementary

• From Forbes and Wagner middle schools to Middle School No. 5
• From Tippit and Forbes middle schools to Wagner Middle School
• From Benold Middle School to Tippit and Forbes middle schools

Volleyworld, a volleyball training center, is planning to open a location in Georgetown near the Liberty Hill border in early 2026.

The overview: The business has training sessions for children ages four to 18 as well as adults. Offerings include private and group lessons, skill-specific classes, clinics with collegiate and professional athletes, open gym time, strength and conditioning, and tournaments.

What else?: This is the second location for the business helmed by coach Aaron Garcia, with its first in Pflugerville.

At the Georgetown location, Garcia is working to provide an after-school program, sand volleyball options, and cryotherapy, red-light therapy and massage chairs for recovery and recuperation.

• 4701 FM 3405, Georgetown

Check out the top trending Community Impact stories in the Austin metro from Nov. 3-7.

1. New high-rise height limit now in effect for downtown Austin

2. Austinites reject Proposition Q tax hike

3. New Indian grocery store in the works in Pflugerville

4. Lucky Claw Mania now open in Pflugerville

5. Austin ISD to hold off on 3 school closures, delay boundary changes

6. Pflugerville mayoral race heads to runoff; Coffman wins open council seat

More than 20 months after wildfires swept through the Texas Panhandle in early 2024, burning over 1.2 million acres of land, state lawmakers questioned if Texas has the tools needed to tackle another major fire.

The context: Texas is always a fire-prone state, according to the Western Fire Chiefs Association. The association’s website reports that annual wildfire risk is most severe from February-April, when dry grasses and high winds can cause fires to spread, and August-October, when high temperatures and droughts contribute to fires.

“Our purpose today is to figure out—what is our response going to look like next February and March?” Rep. Ken King, a Republican representing Canadian and other Panhandle communities, said during a Nov. 3 committee hearing. “Are we better prepared … or are we in the same position we were in 2024, when our response was lacking?”

The details: Officials said Texas owns just two firefighting aircraft, with others "essentially [subleased] through the federal government."

During peak wildfire season, this means Texas may have access to limited resources.