Editing Georgetown, Texas (section)

==Education==
[[File:Georgetown, TX, Public Library IMG 7121.JPG|right|thumb|The Georgetown Public Library]]
The City of Georgetown is served by the [[Georgetown Independent School District]], partially by [[Leander Independent School District]] and [[Georgetown High School (Texas)|Georgetown High School]], a National Blue Ribbon Award school, serves the community. Georgetown opened a second high school, East View High, in 2008. The graduating class of 2014 was the first class of students to graduate from East View as a full high school. Up to that point, East View High School had started as a freshman-only campus and added on one grade at a time as those students moved up.

Georgetown is the home of [[Southwestern University]], a private, four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts college.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Handbook of Texas Online, "Southwestern University" entry |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bbgya |journal=Texas State History Association |access-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710065631/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bbgya |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Founded in 1875,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://williamson-county-texas-history.org/GEORGETOWN_TEXAS/Original_Site_of_Southwestern_niversity-Georgetown-Historical_Marker.html |title=Southwestern University Original Site of in Georgetown Williamson County Historical Texas |access-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515050346/https://williamson-county-texas-history.org/GEORGETOWN_TEXAS/Original_Site_of_Southwestern_niversity-Georgetown-Historical_Marker.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Southwestern is the oldest university in Texas. The school is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, although the curriculum is nonsectarian. Southwestern offers 40 bachelor's degrees in the arts, sciences, fine arts, and music, as well as interdisciplinary and pre-professional programs. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Music.