09-26-16 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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th WHEREAS,La Porte Independent School District is celebrating its 100 anniversary with a wide variety of activities ; and WHEREAS,The minutes of the first Board of Trustees meeting on March 11, 1915, state that a special act had passed the Legislature and had been given effect on March 1, 1915, creating the La Porte Independent School District with the boundaries as set out in the act; that the act provided the town of La Porte be divested of the control of the public free schools within its limits and become a part of the said La Porte Independent School District; and that the trustees of the Independent District comprising the town of La Porte, which district was abolished by the creation of the new district, should until the expiration of the term for which they were elected hold the office of trustees and constitute the Board of Trustees of the said La Porte Independent School District; and WHEREAS,Schools in La Porte actually date back to 1893, when the children of settlers attended school in a vacant store at the corner of Main and Fourth Streets. Today, La Porte ISD serves over 7,700 students at 12 campuses in an area of 55 square tions of Deer Park and Pasadena; and WHEREAS, The communi serving the needs of students to come in the next 100 years, providing for construction of two new facilities; a major rebuild of La Porte High School; major renovations at four campuses; $57 million in technology, maintenance and transportation; and numerous elementary and district-wide improvements; and th WHEREAS, On Saturday, Oct. 1, which is Homecoming weekend, La Porte ISD will celebrate the 100 anniversary of the district with a Block Party at Bulldog Stadium, and all current and former students, staff members, parents and supporters are invited to attend; and NOW, THEREFORE, I, Louis R. Rigby, Mayor, along with members of the La Porte City Council,encouragethe entire community to show their school spirit by wearing the school colors, and do proudly proclaim Friday, September 30, 2016, as Orange and White Day nd IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City to be affixed hereto, this the 26day of September, 2016. CITY OF LA PORTE ______________________________ Louis R. Rigby, Mayor