Bill Text: TX HR615 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Round Rock Independent School District.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR615-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 615 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 100th anniversary of the Round Rock Independent | ||
| School District is being celebrated in 2013, and this milestone | ||
| provides a welcome opportunity to honor its rich history and many | ||
| accomplishments; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Round Rock ISD was originally established as | ||
| Williamson County Common School District No. 19 on May 17, 1913, | ||
| when voters approved the district's incorporation; the following | ||
| year, a three-story school building was constructed on West | ||
| Anderson Avenue; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Additional facilities were built in the decades that | ||
| followed, including the Hopewell School that served African | ||
| American students from 1922 to 1966 and a campus for Hispanic | ||
| students that operated from 1933 until 1948; moreover, a number of | ||
| existing schools in outlying areas were consolidated into the | ||
| district, including Bell, Caldwell Heights, Cedar Valley, Gattis, | ||
| McNeil, Merrelltown, Pond Springs, and Stony Point schools; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since 1970, Round Rock ISD has expanded to keep pace | ||
| with the city's explosive growth; today, it serves nearly 46,000 | ||
| students and encompasses 32 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, | ||
| 6 high schools, and 3 education centers; faculty and staff number | ||
| almost 6,000, each of whom uphold the district's commitment to | ||
| creating a constructive learning experience for each student; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the monumental changes that have taken place | ||
| over the past 100 years, Round Rock ISD has excelled in its | ||
| educational mission; in so doing, it has provided numerous | ||
| generations of area residents with a strong foundation for success | ||
| and contributed greatly to the betterment of the community; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the centennial of the Round Rock | ||
| Independent School District and extend to its students, educators, | ||
| and staff sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the district as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Dale | ||
| Gonzales | ||
| Howard | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 615 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 13, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
