SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 114
         WHEREAS, Proud community members are gathering in Austin
  on February 10, 2015, to celebrate South Texas Independent School
  District Day at the State Capitol; and
 
         WHEREAS, Originally known as the Rio Grande Rehabilitation
  District, the South Texas Independent School District was
  established in 1964 to create further educational opportunities
  for area youths with disabilities; in 1973, legislators
  broadened the district's purpose to allow it to operate
  vocational magnet schools, and as a result, the district opened
  South Texas High School for Health Professions in 1984 and the
  Science Academy of South Texas five years later; the district
  established the Teacher Academy of South Texas in 1993,
  subsequently renaming the school South Texas Business, Education
  and Technology Academy to better reflect its focus; over the
  following years, the magnet program continued to expand with the
  addition of South Texas Academy for Medical Professions and South
  Texas Preparatory Academy; and
 
         WHEREAS, Currently encompassing five magnet schools in
  Edinburg, San Benito, and Mercedes, South Texas Independent
  School District is the only all-magnet district in the state; it
  serves more than 3,300 junior high and high school students and
  maintains an open enrollment policy that attracts interested and
  hardworking pupils from 28 school districts in Cameron, Hidalgo,
  and Willacy Counties, and it continues to provide educational and
  occupational training for students with special needs through
  its career and technology program; and
 
         WHEREAS, The district's superintendent, Dr. Marla M. Guerra,
  ably guides a staff of accomplished teachers, administrators,
  and support personnel who are deeply committed to the success of
  young people in the tri-county area; in 2014, their work was
  recognized when the Texas Education Agency gave every campus in
  the district the highest accountability rating and maximum
  number of distinction designations available; and
 
         WHEREAS, The faculty and staff of South Texas Independent
  School District continue to look for new ways to help students
  achieve, lead, and contribute to a changing world; to that end,
  the district's second middle school, South Texas Academy of
  Rising Scholars, will open in the fall of 2015; and
 
         WHEREAS, For more than half a century, the South Texas
  Independent School District has dedicated itself to offering
  students the best educational opportunities possible, and in so
  doing, it has equipped several generations of Texans with the
  knowledge and skills necessary to build a brighter future; now,
  therefore, be it
 
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
  Legislature, hereby recognize February 10, 2015, as South Texas
  Independent School District Day at the State Capitol and extend
  to all those in attendance sincere best wishes for an enjoyable
  visit to Austin; and, be it further
 
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
  prepared for the district as an expression of high regard from
  the Texas Senate.
 
  Hinojosa, Lucio
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on February 9, 2015.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate