HR27INTRODUCED Page 0 HR27 H49P388-1 By Representative Estes RFD: First Read: 05-Feb-25 1 2 3 4 5 H49P388-1 01/29/2025 NG (L)NG 2025-389 Page 1 First Read: 05-Feb-25 HR___ COMMENDING HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON RECEIVING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT STATE PROGRAM ADIMINISTRATORS DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS AWARD. WHEREAS, highest commendations and well wishes are hereby extended to Hamilton Elementary School in Marion County, Alabama, on being named a National Association of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) State Program Administrators Distinguished Schools award winner; and WHEREAS, Hamilton Elementary School in Marion County, Alabama, will be recognized for its exceptional student performance and achievement at the ESEA Conference in Austin, Texas, in February; and WHEREAS, schools were selected from among other Title I schools with high poverty rates that demonstrated improvement in certain students' achievement rates; and WHEREAS, Hamilton Elementary School, a Southern Association of Schools accredited school, houses students prekindergarten through fourth grade and a special needs preschool program; and WHEREAS, under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Patrick Sutton and Principal Mr. Gary McCarley, Hamilton Elementary has shown remarkable student performance during the last two years, with an average achievement rate of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HR27 INTRODUCED Page 2 the last two years, with an average achievement rate of 68.63 percent; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That highest honors and commendations be given to Hamilton Elementary School in Marion County, Alabama, on being named a National Association of Elementary and Secondary Education Act State Program Administrator s Distinguished Schools award winner , and we offer this resolution as a token of our gratitude and as evidence of our sincere appreciation and high regard as they continue to raise the bar for educational leadership. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38