RESOLUTION NO. 120451

Honoring Park Hill South High School on receiving Missouri’s Gold Star School Award for academic achievement.

WHEREAS, two of the eight schools statewide earned the Missouri’s Gold Star School Award for academic achievement which puts the schools into the nationwide pool of schools that have been nominated in the U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon Schools Award; and

WHEREAS, at the State level, the Gold Star Schools Program is the recognition program administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education with a rigorous criteria being aligned with the national Blue Ribbon Schools Program; and

WHEREAS, the program recognizes schools whose students achieve at very high levels or schools that make significant progress in closing the achievement gap and sets a standard of excellence for all schools striving for the highest level of achievement; and

WHEREAS, Park Hill South High School is located in Kansas City, Missouri and are focused on quality teaching and doing what it takes to help students succeed and meet their individual potential; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council hereby honor Park Hill South High School on receiving Missouri’s Gold Star School Award for academic achievement; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Dr. Dale Longenecker, Principal, Park Hill South High School, with the congratulations of the Mayor, Council and citizens of Kansas City for the outstanding job they are doing in teaching the children of our future.

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