78S30115 MMS-D

By:  Guillen                                                      H.R. No. 30 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, An "exemplary" rating, the highest classification 
conferred on schools by the Texas Education Agency, has been 
awarded to Florence J. Scott Elementary School in Roma for the 
2002-2003 school year; and
	WHEREAS, Opened in 1957, Scott Elementary is a Title I campus 
that provides instruction to more than 600 students in grades K-4; 
to meet the varying needs of its children, the school offers ESL and 
a transitional bilingual program, as well as Read Naturally and 
LeapFrog--two highly regarded programs used nationwide to improve 
literacy and to provide interactive, multisensory electronic 
learning, respectively; and
	WHEREAS, The school carefully assesses student skills and 
acts promptly to aid children in need of additional help; 
instructional assistants and tutorial programs play an important 
role in supporting the school's mission, and strong parental 
involvement constitutes another major pillar of the school's 
success; and
	WHEREAS, Scott Elementary is named in honor of Florence J. 
Scott, who served as Starr County school superintendent in the 
1920s and 1930s and as the first superintendent of the Roma 
Independent School District, from 1950 to 1957; a dynamic woman of 
wide-ranging talents, Mrs. Scott is remembered for her tremendous 
contributions to education in Starr County, which included--in the 
1930s alone--the reorganization of the county's schools, the 
certification of all teachers, the building of two new schools, and 
the creation of a student loan fund; instrumental in the 
establishment of the first library in Rio Grande City, she also 
edited the English section of a local newspaper and devoted many 
years to researching and preserving the history of the Rio Grande 
Valley; and
	WHEREAS, All those who share in the work of Scott Elementary 
are doing their utmost to nurture its students' joy in learning 
while giving them a solid foundation for future studies, and their 
shining achievement demonstrates the continuing capacity of our 
public schools to provide young Texans with an exceptional 
education; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate 
superintendent Jesus O. Guerra, principal Norabel Salinas, 
assistant principals Noe Muniz and Diana Salinas, counselor San 
Juanita Guerra, and all the teachers and staff at Florence J. Scott 
Elementary School on the "exemplary" rating accorded the school by 
the Texas Education Agency, and that it extend to them sincere best 
wishes for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the administration, staff, and students of Scott 
Elementary as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of 
Representatives.