8529-11 Commend Lkwd City Schools for "Excellent" rating

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RESOLUTION NO. $529-11 gY• Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. A RESOLUTION commending Lakewood City Schools for achieving an "Excellent" rating for the 2010-2011 school year by the Ohio Department of Education. WHEREAS, Lakewood City Schools has along-standing tradition of academic excellence, adding immeasurably to the vitality of our community, and WHEREAS, the rating of "Excellent" from the Ohio Department of Education boasts of our highly skilled and dedicated educators, along with the devoted efforts of Lakewood's involved parents, school administration, and school board as well as the students themselves, and WHEREAS, the "Excellent" rating we so proudly honor in this resolution registers the progress of our student body, which is comprised of a richly diverse population of children from every walk of life and even throughout the world, and WHEREAS, having met 23 of 26 state indicators this year and superceding advanced ratings from the year before shows Lakewood City Schools continues to set the bar higher and higher every year, and WHEREAS, an "Excellent" or "Excellent with Distinction" rating has a positive monetary impact on schools by earning the district a bonus of about an additional $100,000 for the district under a new state budget provision,. and WHEREAS, the future strength and quality of our City depends heavily on the quality of our schools; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That this Council and Mayor, hereby commend Lakewood City Schools on receiving an "Excellent" rating for the 2010-2011 school year. Section 2. That the Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to forwazd a certified copy of this Resolution to Superintendent Jeffrey W. Patterson and that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting. Adopted: ~IiII'e'° ~ 7. ?.e! / Approved: ~~'"`~ ~1 to(!