The elementary school incorporates many innovative programs including mixed age groups, vertical teams, content mastery and team planning. All teachers have a conference period scheduled by grade level to make pl anning together possible. A new intermediate school is currently under construction and should be opened by the fall of 1997. The Giddings Middle School is in its fifth year of a major reconstruction effort allowing teachers to plan together for intergrated teaching. Teachers at GMS have a core planning time used for planning their grade level as a team.
Teachers also have an individual conference time scheduled.
The Middle School also has programs that encourage all students to participate in activities in the school. Honors and gifted education provide advanced and challenging classes for students and the learning lab provides support for students in all classes. The Knox Learning Center is an alternative learning environment. Students apply to the center and are accepted based on their educational and life needs. The center, staffed with certified teachers and a principal, is a self-paced learning environment .