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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Wolford Elementary School in McKinney has received a |
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No Child Left Behind--Blue Ribbon School Award, the highest |
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national accolade that can be bestowed on a school for grades K-12, |
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and it was one of only 36 schools in Texas and 250 nationally to be |
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so recognized in 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, The award, created by the U.S. Department of |
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Education in 1982 and redesigned in 2002 under the No Child Left |
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Behind Act, honors public and private elementary, middle, and high |
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schools that are models of academic success; to qualify for |
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nomination, schools must demonstrate academic superiority within |
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their state or show dramatic and consistent gains in student |
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achievement; and |
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WHEREAS, Principal Francine Gratt and the Wolford staff are |
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committed to providing their students with a challenging and |
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supportive learning environment, one that will prepare them well |
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for their future studies and that will nourish in them a |
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wide-ranging curiosity and love of learning; and |
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WHEREAS, Through their hard work, the students of Wolford |
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Elementary have helped their school to achieve academic distinction |
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and have earned the admiration of their families, friends, and |
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community; and |
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WHEREAS, The receipt of a No Child Left Behind--Blue Ribbon |
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School Award is a great honor, and the conferring of this award on |
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Wolford Elementary is a fitting tribute to that school's dedication |
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to excellence and its immeasurable contributions to its community; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the students, staff, and |
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administrators of Wolford Elementary School on their receipt of a |
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No Child Left Behind--Blue Ribbon School Award and extend to them |
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sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |