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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Garden City High School in the Glasscock County |
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Independent School District has been named a 2010 Blue Ribbon |
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School, a designation awarded to fewer than one percent of schools |
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in the nation, and has been rated as "Exemplary" by the Texas |
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Education Agency; and |
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WHEREAS, The Blue Ribbon Schools program was created by the |
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United States Department of Education in 1982 to honor public and |
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private campuses that either are high performing or have |
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demonstrated dramatic improvement in closing the achievement gap; |
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just 25 schools attained this distinction in the Lone Star State for |
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2010; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas Education Agency bases its school ratings |
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on students' performance on a battery of the Texas Assessment of |
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Knowledge and Skills tests, administered annually in the spring; |
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the "Exemplary" rating is the highest an institution can receive; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Led with skill and dedication by principal Ken |
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Hoskins, Garden City High School serves about 125 students, half of |
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whom are economically disadvantaged, in grades 7-12; over the past |
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five years, 100 percent of Garden City High students have |
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graduated, and nearly three-quarters of them attended college; |
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additionally, seniors bound for higher education have earned more |
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than $500,000 in scholarships, including a National Merit |
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Scholarship, university presidential and departmental |
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scholarships, and state academic scholarships; and |
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WHEREAS, Through dedication, hard work, and perseverance, |
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the teachers and students of Garden City High School have built a |
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record of academic excellence, and their outstanding efforts have |
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been duly recognized with the Blue Ribbon School designation and |
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TEA's "Exemplary" rating; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Garden City High School on its |
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selection as a 2010 Blue Ribbon School and on its receipt of an |
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"Exemplary" rating from the Texas Education Agency; and, be it |
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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. |
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Landtroop |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 438 was adopted by the House on March |
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3, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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