H.R. No. 916 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Crockett Junior High School, an outstanding 1-2 educational facility in the Ector County Independent School 1-3 District, has been selected for consideration by the U.S. 1-4 Department of Education's Drug-Free Schools Recognition Program for 1-5 its superior efforts in fighting substance abuse and violence; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Qualifying schools from Texas have been recognized 1-7 and recommended for the program for their innovative programs aimed 1-8 at eliminating the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, as 1-9 well as the violence that often accompanies them, from the halls 1-10 and classrooms of our state's schools by the Texas Education 1-11 Agency, the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the Texan's 1-12 War on Drugs, and the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Many educational institutions across our state and 1-14 nation are now permeated with the despair and violence that 1-15 surround substance abuse, and this pervasive problem can destroy 1-16 students' will to learn and sometimes even their will to survive; 1-17 and 1-18 WHEREAS, The specter of drug abuse poses a severe threat to 1-19 all Texans, but it is the youngest members of our society who are 1-20 most vulnerable to this destructive behavior, and those schools who 1-21 arm their students with the knowledge and information they need to 1-22 avoid involvement in substance abuse are indeed worthy of special 1-23 legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it 1-24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas 2-1 Legislature hereby congratulate Crockett Junior High School on 2-2 their nomination for consideration in the U.S. Department of 2-3 Education's Drug-Free Schools Recognition Program and extend 2-4 sincere best wishes to the school for continued success in the 2-5 pursuit of this worthy endeavor; and, be it further 2-6 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-7 prepared for prominent display at Crockett Junior High School as an 2-8 expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.