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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Klein Independent School District in Harris |
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County is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its establishment |
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during the 2012-2013 school year; and |
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WHEREAS, Klein ISD traces its origins to a series of common |
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school districts that emerged from a bustling farming community |
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along Cypress Creek settled by German immigrants in the mid-19th |
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century; by 1928, five districts consolidated to form Rural High |
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School District Number One, and 10 years later, this 88-square-mile |
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area serving approximately 600 students was renamed Klein |
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Independent School District; for several decades, the area saw only |
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modest development, with most of the district primarily serving |
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schoolchildren from local farming and ranching families; and |
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WHEREAS, In the late 1960s, the opening of the Houston |
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Intercontinental Airport and the arrival of many oil-related |
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businesses to the Houston area brought rapid suburban expansion to |
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Klein; from 1972 to 1982, Klein ISD witnessed an unprecedented 82 |
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percent leap in its student population, and growth has since |
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continued at a more gradual pace; today, the district serves some |
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47,000 students in 4 high schools, 9 intermediary schools, 28 |
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elementary schools, 1 early childhood/prekindergarten center, and |
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2 specialized campuses; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the many changes that have taken place over |
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the past 75 years, Klein ISD has remained committed to its |
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educational mission, and it has provided generations of area |
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residents with a strong foundation on which to build rewarding and |
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productive lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Klein |
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Independent School District and extend to its students, educators, |
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and staff sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |