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Senate
Resolution 425
By:
Senator Pearson of the 51st
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RESOLUTION
Congratulating
Dawson County High School on being named a Blue Ribbon school; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dawson County High School joined six other schools in Georgia that were named
Blue Ribbon schools by the United States Department of Education;
and
WHEREAS,
Dawson County High School was the only high school in Georgia awarded this
prestigious honor; and
WHEREAS,
the Blue Ribbon program recognizes schools that make significant progress in
closing the achievement gap or whose students achieve at very high levels;
and
WHEREAS,
schools are selected based on one of two criteria: schools with at least 40
percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that dramatically
improve student performance to high levels on state tests, or schools whose
students, regardless of background, achieve in the top 10 percent of their state
on state tests; and
WHEREAS,
Rick Brown is the principal at Dawson County High School and heads up a
first-class staff of professionals; and
WHEREAS,
it is only fitting the hard work of the students and faculty at Dawson County
High School be commended.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body
congratulate the students and faculty of Dawson County High School on being
named a Blue Ribbon school.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Rick Brown, the principal
of Dawson County High School.