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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lewisville High School is celebrating its 125th |
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anniversary in 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Established in 1897 in the farming community of |
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Lewisville, the facility offered one of the first dedicated high |
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school programs in North Texas; the first Lewisville High class in |
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1901 was composed of five students; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Lewisville High serves an enrollment of more |
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than 4,200, and it graduated a class of 1,154 students in 2022; the |
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school currently benefits from the leadership of its principal, Jim |
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Baker, its chief of high schools, Andy Plunkett, and a dedicated |
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faculty and staff; and |
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WHEREAS, The Lewisville High mascot, the Fighting Farmers, |
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traces its origins back to 1914 and the start of the LHS football |
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program; the team was named by B. F. Tunnell, the Lewisville school |
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district superintendent and a vocational agriculture teacher; well |
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known throughout Texas, the Fighting Farmers mascot reflects the |
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area's rich agricultural roots; and |
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WHEREAS, For well over a century, Lewisville High School has |
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provided generations of young Texans with a strong foundation on |
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which to build, and its rich history is a source of tremendous pride |
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to the community; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 125th anniversary of Lewisville |
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High School and extend to all those associated with the school |
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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 Lewisville High School as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |