File #: 18286    Version: 0 Name: Courtesy - LS West High School - National Blue Ribbon School
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/21/2013 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 10/21/2013 Final action: 10/21/2013
Title: A RESOLUTION congratulating Lee's Summit West High School upon its recognition by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School.
Sponsors: Bob Spence
Indexes: COURTESY 2013
Attachments: 1. 18286adopt.pdf
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION congratulating Lee's Summit West High School upon its recognition by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School.
 
 
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18286, October 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Bob Spence, County Legislator
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, Lee's Summit West High School has received recognition by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School; and,
 
WHEREAS, the National Blue Ribbon School program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students' levels of achievement; and,
 
WHEREAS, Lee's Summit West High School is among only 286 schools across the nation that were selected for 2013 honors; and,
 
WHEREAS, Lee's Summit West High School was among just nine schools selected for this national honor in Missouri and one of two schools in the Kansas City metropolitan area named a Blue Ribbon School for 2013; and,
 
WHEREAS, Lee's Summit West is celebrating its 10th anniversary as a high school in the Lee's Summit R-7 District; and,
 
WHEREAS, the school maintains a commitment to academic excellence and a focus on ensuring a culture of respect and acceptance while building relationship and working collaboratively within the community; and,
 
WHEREAS, Lee's Summit West will receive its honor at a recognition ceremony on November 18 and 19 in Washington, D.C.; now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature congratulates the Lee's Summit West High School upon its recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School.
                  
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
 
______________________________            ________________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor                  County Counselor
 
Certificate of Passage
 
      I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18286 of October 21, 2013, was duly passed on October 21, 2013 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
      Yeas __________8_________            Nays _________0__________
 
 
      Abstaining ______0_________            Absent ________1__________          
 
 
 
 
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Date                                    Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature