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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The board of trustees of the McAllen Independent |
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School District was named the 2012 Outstanding School Board of the |
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Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators; and |
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WHEREAS, This accolade is part of the TASA awards program, |
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which honors school boards that have made notable efforts to |
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improve educational performance; the McAllen ISD trustees earned |
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recognition for their innovative measures to assist students, |
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including an initiative known as Transforming Learning in the |
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Classroom, Campus, and Community; TLC3 is providing all students |
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and teachers in the district with an iPad or iPod Touch in order to |
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promote higher levels of engagement, creativity, and computer |
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literacy, and the program is considered to be the largest of its |
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kind in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, For its success in integrating technology into the |
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classroom, McAllen ISD also received a 2013 Magna Award from |
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American School Board Journal; in addition, the district was |
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inducted in 2011 into the Digital Promise League of Innovative |
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Schools and is a 2013 finalist for an H-E-B Excellence in Education |
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District Award; moreover, in 2012, McAllen ISD was invited to |
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participate in the Texas Education Agency's High Performance |
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Schools Consortium to help develop next-generation learning |
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standards, assessments, and accountability systems; and |
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WHEREAS, Serving on the McAllen school board are president |
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Hilda Garza-DeShazo, vice president Erica de la Garza, secretary |
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Debbie Crane Aliseda, and trustees Dr. Joseph M. Caporusso, Javier |
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Farias, Sam Saldivar, Jr., and Daniel D. Vela; and |
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WHEREAS, Through their commitment to pursuing new avenues of |
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learning, the McAllen ISD trustees are providing students with a |
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rich educational experience that will serve them well in the years |
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ahead, and the school board is indeed deserving of this prestigious |
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award; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the McAllen Independent School |
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District Board of Trustees on being named the 2012 Texas |
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Outstanding School Board of the Year and extend to its members |
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sincere best wishes for continued success with their important |
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work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the trustees as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |