83R24126 BK-D
By: Guerra H.R. No. 1919
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The board of trustees of the McAllen Independent
School District was named the 2012 Outstanding School Board of the
Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators; and
WHEREAS, This accolade is part of the TASA awards program,
which honors school boards that have made notable efforts to
improve educational performance; the McAllen ISD trustees earned
recognition for their innovative measures to assist students,
including an initiative known as Transforming Learning in the
Classroom, Campus, and Community; TLC3 is providing all students
and teachers in the district with an iPad or iPod Touch in order to
promote higher levels of engagement, creativity, and computer
literacy, and the program is considered to be the largest of its
kind in the nation; and
WHEREAS, For its success in integrating technology into the
classroom, McAllen ISD also received a 2013 Magna Award from
American School Board Journal; in addition, the district was
inducted in 2011 into the Digital Promise League of Innovative
Schools and is a 2013 finalist for an H-E-B Excellence in Education
District Award; moreover, in 2012, McAllen ISD was invited to
participate in the Texas Education Agency's High Performance
Schools Consortium to help develop next-generation learning
standards, assessments, and accountability systems; and
WHEREAS, Serving on the McAllen school board are president
Hilda Garza-DeShazo, vice president Erica de la Garza, secretary
Debbie Crane Aliseda, and trustees Dr. Joseph M. Caporusso, Javier
Farias, Sam Saldivar, Jr., and Daniel D. Vela; and
WHEREAS, Through their commitment to pursuing new avenues of
learning, the McAllen ISD trustees are providing students with a
rich educational experience that will serve them well in the years
ahead, and the school board is indeed deserving of this prestigious
award; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the McAllen Independent School
District Board of Trustees on being named the 2012 Texas
Outstanding School Board of the Year and extend to its members
sincere best wishes for continued success with their important
work; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the trustees as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.