Bill Text: TX HR115 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the groundbreaking of La Academia de Estrellas Charter School in Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-27 - Reported enrolled [HR115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR115-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 115 |
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WHEREAS, La Academia de Estrellas Charter School in Dallas is | ||
breaking ground for a new campus at a ceremony on June 27, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded by Lorraine Mantei and Richard Tuck, LAE | ||
Charter School is an open-enrollment institution that serves the | ||
economically disadvantaged students of Oak Cliff by emphasizing | ||
real-world experiences through community service projects, field | ||
trips, and inquiry-based education; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since the school opened its doors in 2006, | ||
enrollment has increased from 175 kindergarten to third-grade | ||
students to nearly 1,000 preschool to middle school students, and | ||
in the 2013-2014 academic year, LAE will be adding the eighth grade; | ||
the school's dedicated staff of 103 includes 72 teachers and | ||
instructional assistants; and | ||
WHEREAS, The school is currently divided into three separate | ||
campuses, and its new, 82,000-square-foot, two-story facility on | ||
South Walton Walker Boulevard will consolidate all kindergarten | ||
through middle school classes in one new building, beginning with | ||
the 2014-2015 school year; the school will also include a gymnasium | ||
and an inner courtyard; and | ||
WHEREAS, For seven years, this exemplary educational | ||
institution has provided young Texans with a firm educational | ||
foundation for the challenges and opportunities of the future, and | ||
its new, stand-alone facility promises to help the school achieve | ||
even more for the community; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the | ||
groundbreaking ceremony for the new La Academia de Estrellas | ||
Charter School and extend to the school's staff, teachers, and | ||
students sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the school as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Alonzo | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 115 was adopted by the House on June | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||