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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bess Brannen Elementary School in the Brazosport |
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Independent School District is celebrating its 50th anniversary on |
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March 22, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Opened in October of the 1968-1969 school year, Bess |
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Brannen Elementary was named in honor of an educator who taught in |
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the Velasco schools, as well as in Lake Jackson's first elementary |
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and junior high schools; and |
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WHEREAS, Located in Lake Jackson, Brannen Elementary now |
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serves more than 570 students from prekindergarten through fourth |
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grade, and it has expanded significantly through the years to |
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accommodate growing enrollment; originally under 33,000 square |
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feet, the campus has undergone multiple renovations, and the |
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numerous improvements have included the addition of more than |
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14,000 square feet of classroom space; a bond referendum passed in |
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2014 has provided funding for a new facility set to open in 2020; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Since its establishment, Brannen Elementary has |
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been guided by only three principals, Nancy Williams, Johnnie |
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McWilliams, and Julie Evans, who leads the campus today; the school |
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ranks among the state's top elementary schools, having earned the |
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maximum number of Texas Education Agency distinctions for two |
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consecutive years; and |
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WHEREAS, The education of young Texans is a matter of |
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critical importance to the future of the Lone Star State, and for |
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the past half-century, Bess Brannen Elementary School has provided |
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its students with a strong foundation on which to build; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bess Brannen |
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Elementary School and extend to its administrators, faculty, staff, |
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and students sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |