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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Edgewood Independent School District in |
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San Antonio is marking the 75th anniversary of its founding in |
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2025; and |
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WHEREAS, Edgewood ISD traces its origins to May 1905, when |
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Bexar County Judge Robert B. Green purchased an acre of land just |
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beyond the city limits of San Antonio for the purpose of |
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constructing a school; the surrounding community later came to be |
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called Edgewood, and the Frey School opened in 1910 as its first |
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schoolhouse; three years later, the area school district was |
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subdivided, and the Frey and Lakeview Schools were subsequently |
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consolidated into a three-story brick building named the Edgewood |
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School; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of the ensuing decades, the area saw |
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a population boom in tandem with residential development around the |
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Edgewood School; in 1931, the Stafford School was constructed to |
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accommodate increasing enrollment numbers, and the Edgewood School |
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graduated its first class of 12 high school students in 1937; during |
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the period of continued growth that followed, the Edgewood School |
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District was created, and it went on to purchase land for the |
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expansion of its campuses; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1938, the Edgewood School District issued $40,000 |
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in bonds to finance the construction of Edgewood High School and |
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four additional rooms at the Stafford School; the projects were |
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completed in 1940 with assistance from the Works Progress |
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Administration, and the district documented a record enrollment of |
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almost 1,600 students in the same year; during World War II, |
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Edgewood's proximity to several major military installations |
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spurred further growth, and additional state funding for the |
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district paved the way for new elementary schools to be built; and |
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WHEREAS, In January 1950, Edgewood ISD was officially |
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established following a public vote, and it came to encompass more |
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than 13,000 students by the end of the decade; approximately 20 |
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additional schools were constructed during the 1950s and 1960s, and |
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an $8.5 million bond was issued for the renovation of 12 of its |
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buildings in 1984; today, the district operates 18 campuses on the |
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west side of San Antonio, serving nearly 10,000 students; and |
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WHEREAS, For three quarters of a century, Edgewood ISD has |
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provided generations of young Texans with a strong foundation on |
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which to build, and it is indeed a privilege to join in marking this |
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important milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 1st |
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Called Session, hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of the |
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Edgewood Independent School District and extend to its |
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administrators, faculty, staff, and students sincere best wishes |
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for continued success; 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. |