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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, West University Elementary School in the Houston |
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Independent School District is marking its 100th anniversary in |
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2025; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1925, West U Elementary was founded to |
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accommodate the rapid growth of the newly established West |
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University Place community, an autonomous city located within |
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Houston; prominent regional architect Lamar Cato designed the |
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school's original Spanish Renaissance-style building, which was |
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completed in 1928 with funding from a $55,000 bond; for nearly two |
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decades, Pershing Junior High was also housed in the facility |
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before that school's relocation in 1949; and |
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WHEREAS, By the 1970s, West U Elementary began to experience |
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significant deterioration, motivating a group of dedicated parents |
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and community members to initiate a successful revitalization |
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campaign; the school's attendance zone expanded to include the |
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Sunset Terrace and Montclair neighborhoods in 1994, and a |
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$9.6 million bond project that added 25,000 square feet of new |
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learning space began a decade later; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, West U Elementary is ably guided by its |
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principal, Scott Disch, and it serves approximately 1,200 students |
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from pre-K to fifth grade; it offers a Vanguard Neighborhood |
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program for gifted and talented learners as well as a dynamic system |
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of support through its special education program; and |
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WHEREAS, During the 2025-2026 school year, West U |
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Elementary's anniversary celebrations will be led by PTO centennial |
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co-chair Lauren Sanders and will include a parade, a homecoming |
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game at Rice University, a teacher reunion, and a gala; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the past century, West University Elementary |
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School has provided generations of young Texans with an education |
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that has enriched them both academically and personally, and in so |
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doing, it has made important contributions to the Lone Star State; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby commemorate the centennial |
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of West University Elementary School and extend to all those |
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associated with the institution sincere best wishes for the future; |
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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 school as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |