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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Jourdanton Independent School District is |
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celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, Located in Atascosa County south of San Antonio, the |
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town of Jourdanton was established in 1909 and experienced a |
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population boom over the next few years; a subscription school had |
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242 students by 1910, and the state legislature authorized the |
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creation of the Jourdanton Independent School District on March 23, |
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1911; and |
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WHEREAS, A three-story schoolhouse was built in the center of |
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the growing city, and a football field, a gymnasium, and a separate |
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annex for the high school were added on adjoining lots over the next |
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decades; eventually, smaller schools in outlying areas began |
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closing, and students from the communities of Amphion, Hilburn, |
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Lyon, Imogene, LaParita, and Christine were absorbed into |
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Jourdanton's enrollment; the downtown campus location became more |
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crowded with the growth of the student body, and construction on new |
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facilities at the school's current location were begun in 1953; |
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today, the campus encompasses three libraries, an administrative |
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building, two gymnasiums, athletic fields, and various other |
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facilities, including a high school science wing that was added in |
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2001; and |
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WHEREAS, Jourdanton ISD currently serves approximately 1,300 |
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students from prekindergarten through high school, and it is one of |
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the few remaining districts in Texas to maintain a single-campus |
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model; ably led by superintendent Dr. Lana E. Collavo, the district |
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employs a faculty and staff of more than 150; its students have gone |
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on to excel in a variety of professions, and among the district's |
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alumni are NASA researchers, journalists, chefs, professional |
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athletes, lawyers, and novelists; the district has also produced |
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many teachers, some of whom have returned to Jourdanton schools to |
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educate the next generation; and |
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WHEREAS, Grounded in the values of the families who have |
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chosen to make the Jourdanton area their home, the Jourdanton |
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Independent School District has provided a century's worth of |
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students with a solid foundation on which they could build |
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rewarding and fulfilling lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 100th anniversary of the |
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Jourdanton Independent School District and extend to all educators, |
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staff, and students sincere best wishes for continued success; and, |
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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 House of Representatives. |