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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The McKinney Independent School District has been |
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named to the 2017 list of the Best Communities for Music Education |
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published by the National Association of Music Merchants |
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Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Each year, the NAMM Foundation, along with the |
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University of Kansas Music Research Institute, evaluates music |
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programs in some 14,000 U.S. school districts based on student |
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participation, demographic representation, budgetary and |
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administrative staff support, achievement records, and other |
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factors; only about four percent of the districts selected for this |
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assessment ultimately earn special recognition from the |
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association; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to numerous McKinney ISD student |
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musicians receiving individual honors, many of the district's |
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ensembles have garnered acclaim at the local, state, and national |
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levels; McKinney Boyd High School, Evans Middle School, and Eddins |
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Elementary School have each earned Honor Choir recognition from the |
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Texas Music Educators Association, and the Cockrill Middle School |
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Honors Band has won numerous titles in the Mark of Excellence |
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National Wind Band Honors contest hosted by the Foundation for |
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Music Education; moreover, several groups from within the district |
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have performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic International |
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Band, Orchestra, and Music Conference; in 2015, the Faubion Middle |
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School Orchestra was named a Middle School Honor Full Orchestra by |
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TMEA, and the McKinney High School and McKinney North High School |
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marching bands qualified for the University Interscholastic League |
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State Marching Band Contest; and |
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WHEREAS, McKinney ISD has established a long-standing |
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tradition of excellence in music education, and the district's |
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administrators, faculty, staff, and students may indeed take great |
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pride in this notable distinction; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the McKinney Independent School |
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District for being named to the 2017 list of the Best Communities |
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for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants |
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Foundation and extend to all those associated with the district's |
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music programs sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be |
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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. |
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Sanford |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1525 was adopted by the House on May |
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4, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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