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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Proud community members are gathering in Austin on |
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February 10, 2015, to celebrate South Texas Independent School |
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District Day at the State Capitol; and |
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WHEREAS, Originally known as the Rio Grande Rehabilitation |
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District, the South Texas Independent School District was |
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established in 1964 to create further educational opportunities for |
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area youths with disabilities; in 1973, legislators broadened the |
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district's purpose to allow it to operate vocational magnet |
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schools, and as a result, STISD opened South Texas High School for |
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Health Professions in 1984 and the Science Academy of South Texas |
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five years later; the district established the Teacher Academy of |
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South Texas in 1993, subsequently renaming the school South Texas |
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Business, Education and Technology Academy to better reflect its |
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focus; over the following years, the magnet program continued to |
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expand with the addition of South Texas Academy for Medical |
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Professions and South Texas Preparatory Academy; and |
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WHEREAS, Currently encompassing five magnet schools in |
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Edinburg, San Benito, and Mercedes, STISD is the only all-magnet |
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district in the state; it serves more than 3,300 junior high and |
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high school students and maintains an open enrollment policy that |
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attracts interested and hardworking pupils from 28 school districts |
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in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, and it continues to |
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provide educational and occupational training for students with |
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special needs through its career and technology program; and |
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WHEREAS, The district's superintendent, Dr. Marla M. Guerra, |
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ably guides a staff of accomplished teachers, administrators, and |
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support personnel who are deeply committed to the success of young |
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people in the tri-county area; in 2014, their work was recognized |
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when the Texas Education Agency gave every campus in the district |
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the highest accountability rating and maximum number of distinction |
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designations available; and |
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WHEREAS, The faculty and staff of South Texas ISD continue to |
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look for new ways to help students achieve, lead, and contribute to |
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a changing world; to that end, the district's second middle school, |
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South Texas Academy of Rising Scholars, will open in the fall of |
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2015; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than half a century, the South Texas |
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Independent School District has dedicated itself to offering |
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students the best educational opportunities possible, and in so |
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doing, it has equipped several generations of Texans with the |
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knowledge and skills necessary to build a brighter future; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 84th Texas Legislature |
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hereby recognize February 10, 2015, as South Texas Independent |
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School District Day at the State Capitol and extend to all those in |
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attendance sincere best wishes for an enjoyable visit to Austin; |
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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 Senate. |