IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION commending the Blue Springs School District for its role as leader in education and recognizing student and staff accomplishments in a multitude of areas.
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RESOLUTION #15779, February 6, 2006
INTRODUCED BY Rhonda L. Shoemaker, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, for five consecutive years, the Blue Springs School District has received perfect scores on the Annual Performance Report from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE); and,
WHEREAS, the district was recognized as having the top adult education and literacy program in the State of Missouri in September 2005, and was named the Best Workplace for the metro area in the large business category by the Kansas City Business Journal in October 2005; and,
WHEREAS, the Blue Springs Board of Education was named Board of Education of the Year in October 2005 by the Missouri School Boards Association and in 2004, Ingram's Magazine named Blue Springs School District students top performers on the ACT, with five students in the Blue Springs School District having received National Merit honors including two semifinalists and one commended scholar; and,
WHEREAS, Blue Springs South High School received the Presidential Environmental Youth Award for 2005 from the Environmental Protection Agency as well as the National Environmental Excellence Youth Award; and,
WHEREAS, Blue Springs South High School senior Kristen Walker won a national composing contest, is being commissioned to provide additional compositions, and was featured on FOX 4 News as the Reaching for Excellence Winner and Jon Robichaud, Blue Springs South High School Band Director, was honored with the 2006 John Philip Sousa Foundation Bandworld Legion of Honor Award; and,
WHEREAS, Blue Springs High School senior Zach Webb was named the Tech Prep Student of the Year by the Northwest Missouri Consortium, the Blue Spr...
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