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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sidney Lanier High School in the San Antonio |
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Independent School District is celebrating its 100th anniversary in |
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2023; and |
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WHEREAS, The campus traces its origins to 1915, when it was |
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established as McKinley Elementary; named for American poet, |
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author, and musician Sidney Lanier, it became Lanier Junior School |
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in 1923, when the junior school system was first implemented; in |
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1929, the school expanded to include both junior high and high |
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school grade levels, and it remained a six-year campus until its |
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junior high students transferred to a new school in 1969; Sidney |
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Lanier High School's current campus opened in 1975; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, the school provides students in grades 9 |
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through 12 with a rigorous curriculum and a broad range of |
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extracurricular activities; the campus benefits from the able |
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leadership of its principal, Dr. Ricky Flores; and |
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WHEREAS, For the past century, Sidney Lanier High School has |
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provided its students with a strong educational foundation on which |
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to build, and it has made a positive and lasting difference in the |
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lives of generations of San Antonio residents; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 3rd |
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Called Session, hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of Sidney |
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Lanier High School and extend to the school's faculty, staff, and |
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students sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Sidney Lanier High School as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas Senate. |