Georgetown ISD trustees Laura Kincheloe and Anthony Blankenship will assume three-year terms for places 4 and 5, respectively, in 2026.
Both board members filed to run in the upcoming May 2 board election and were unopposed after the filing period ended Feb. 13. GISD will no longer conduct the election due to both seats being uncontested, a GISD spokesperson said.
The details
In January, Kincheloe was appointed to Place 4 following the resignation of former trustee Stephanie Blanck, who served on the board for nearly six years.
Kincheloe is a registered nurse with a doctoral degree in education in leadership in nursing from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
She has participated in various district initiatives, including serving on the Citizens Advisory Committee, School Health Advisory Committee and 2024 Bond Committee. Kincheloe is a board member for the Georgetown Family YMCA.
A Georgetown native, Kincheloe graduated from Georgetown High School in 2008. She and her husband have have four children who currently attend GISD.
The GISD board appointed Laura Kincheloe to fill the Place 4 seat at a Jan. 12 board workshop. (Chloe Young/Community Impact)Blankenship has served on the board since 2023. He is a U.S. Army veteran who has a bachelor’s degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Blankenship has a health science degree in diagnostic radiography and does intraoperative imaging for surgeons.
In 2020, he published a book about healthy family leadership that has won several literary awards, according to GISD information.
Blankenship and his wife of 23 years have two children who attend East View High School.
What they’re saying
Kincheloe told Community Impact she wants to give back to GISD after receiving support from teachers, community members and nonprofits in the district.
“I really do attribute the current success of my life to all of those individuals pouring into me,” Kincheloe said. “I’m in a place in my career and in my personal life [where] it just makes sense that I can give back in this way.”
Over the next three years, Kincheloe said she wants to improve the district’s communication and transparency as well as community participation in district decisions. Kincheloe said she hopes to use her advocacy experience in school nursing to advocate for GISD at the Texas Capitol.
During his first term, Blankenship said the board made strides in establishing trust with the community as well as district staff and leadership. In his next term, Blankenship wants to continue providing steady, experienced leadership for GISD, he said.
“Experience in this role is important,” Blankenship said in an interview with Community Impact. “I believe that leadership at this level matters, especially in times of change and growth.”