SENATE MEMORIAL 13

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Cynthia Nava

A MEMORIAL

DECLARING JANUARY 24, 2008 "SCHOOLS ON THE RISE DAY" AT THE SENATE.

     WHEREAS, New Mexico's education standards, assessments and school accountability are now among the best in the country as judged by Education Week's quality counts survey; and

     WHEREAS, the quality counts 2008 report indicates that New Mexico's school reform policies are turning our educational system around, as evidenced by steady progress over the last four years; and

     WHEREAS, New Mexico has become a national model in the areas of early childhood education and college and career readiness and for having highly qualified teachers in all classrooms; and

     WHEREAS, closing the achievement gap in New Mexico's schools is a goal of all dedicated educators, policymakers and residents of the state; and

     WHEREAS, three hundred sixty-eight of New Mexico's eight hundred eight public schools met or exceeded adequate yearly progress this year; and

     WHEREAS, through the hard work and dedication of faculty and administrators and their commitment to the future of all New Mexico's children, ten schools have been designated as "schools on the rise" for achieving adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years after undergoing restructuring; and

     WHEREAS, those schools are Alamosa elementary and Maryann Binford elementary in the Albuquerque public school district; La Promesa elementary in the Belen consolidated school district; Alcalde elementary in the Espanola public school district; Apache elementary in the Farmington municipal school district; Desert View elementary in the Gadsden independent school district; Booker T. Washington elementary in the Hobbs municipal school district; Sunset elementary and University high school in the Roswell independent school district; and Arrey elementary in the Truth or Consequences municipal school district;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that January 24, 2008 be declared "Schools on the Rise Day" at the senate to honor and recognize those ten schools; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to each of the ten "schools on the rise".

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