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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, School board members play an integral role in the |
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education of our children, and the trustees of the Richardson |
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Independent School District are indeed worthy of special |
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recognition for their dedicated service; and |
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WHEREAS, Richardson ISD is located in northern Dallas County |
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and serves an area that includes most of the city of Richardson, as |
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well as portions of Dallas and Garland; the district's board |
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members include president Kim Quirk, vice president Lanet Greenhaw, |
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secretary Karen Ellis, treasurer Kim Caston, and trustees David |
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Tyson and Luke Davis; and |
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WHEREAS, Working closely with district superintendant David |
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Simmons, the Richardson ISD board oversees the education of |
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approximately 35,000 students who attend freshman and alternative |
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learning centers and more than 50 traditional elementary, middle, |
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and high schools; guided by the belief that all students must be |
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challenged, the trustees set high standards and promote a dynamic |
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curriculum, and they seek to ensure that each of their pupils |
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achieves academic success; and |
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WHEREAS, These devoted civic leaders have further |
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distinguished themselves by promoting community involvement, |
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celebrating diversity, and retaining a high-performing staff; by |
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coordinating their efforts with parents, teachers, and other |
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concerned citizens, the board is helping to realize the vision of |
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Richardson ISD to educate each student in an academically |
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excellent, individually responsive, innovative, and inclusive |
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learning community; and |
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WHEREAS, Public education is an endeavor in which all Texans |
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have a stake, and the trustees of the Richardson ISD board have |
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demonstrated their commitment to building a bright and prosperous |
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future for area schoolchildren; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Richardson Independent School |
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District board of trustees and extend to its members sincere |
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appreciation for their outstanding contributions to their |
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community; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Richardson ISD board as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Kent |
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Vaught |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 574 was adopted by the House on March |
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5, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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