TITLE: Congratulating the McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees on being named the 2012 Texas Outstanding School Board of the Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators.

SUMMARY: Congratulating the McAllen Independent School District Board of Trustees on being named the 2012 Texas Outstanding School Board of the Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators.

FULL TEXT:
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. Guerra Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1919 was adopted by the House on May 15, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House