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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Leonelo H. Gonzalez Elementary School in McAllen is |
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celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Since its founding, Gonzalez Elementary School has |
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promoted outstanding academic achievement, and its current |
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students continue to benefit from the exceptional learning |
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environment created for them by the school's dedicated teachers and |
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administrators; and |
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WHEREAS, The institution was named in honor of newspaper |
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publisher Leonelo Gonzalez, who was a leader in McAllen from 1925 |
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until his death in 1985; as a two-term member of the McAllen |
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Independent School District Board of Trustees, he was instrumental |
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in the effort to discontinue the policy of half-day classes for |
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Hispanic schools, and he also worked to persuade MISD to establish |
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preschool classes for Hispanic children to learn English; moreover, |
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along with his wife, Cecilia, he helped found PTAs at Roosevelt and |
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Sam Houston High Schools; and |
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WHEREAS, Under the leadership of principal Christina |
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Hernandez, Gonzalez Elementary has been rated "exemplary" by the |
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Texas Education Agency, and it was named a Texas Business and |
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Education Coalition honor roll school in both 2009 and 2010; and |
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WHEREAS, Gonzalez Elementary has equipped countless young |
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Texans with the knowledge and skills essential to their future |
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success, and its 20-year history is a testament to the enduring |
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value the community places on the education of its children; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 20th anniversary of Gonzalez |
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Elementary School and extend to its administrators, faculty, staff, |
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and students sincere best wishes for continued success; 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. |