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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The residents of central Lake County  have  long
 3    placed  a  high priority on education, constructing the first
 4    log cabin school in 1843; and

 5        WHEREAS, A one-room high school department was  added  to
 6    the  former  Central  Elementary School in September of 1898;
 7    and

 8        WHEREAS, In 1916 the  first  Libertyville  Township  High
 9    School  District  was  established  at  416  W.  Park Avenue,
10    serving 106 students; and

11        WHEREAS, In  1949,  the  Libertyville  Consolidated  High
12    School  District  120  was established, and expanded one year
13    later adding three sections of Vernon Township; and

14        WHEREAS, In 1953  the  current  Butler  Lake  campus  was
15    opened at 708 W. Park Avenue; and

16        WHEREAS,  The  Des  Plaines  River  Valley  continued  to
17    attract  residents  to  central Lake County, resulting in the
18    creation of a second high school district in  1964  to  serve
19    the village of Mundelein and Fremont Township; and

20        WHEREAS,  Upon  this  separation,  Libertyville Community
21    High School District 128 was established, comprised of all or
22    portions of the communities of Green Oaks, Lake  Bluff,  Lake
23    Forest,   Libertyville,  Mettawa,  Mundelein,  Vernon  Hills,
24    Waukegan, and surrounding unincorporated areas; and

25        WHEREAS, In recent decades,  District  128  has  received
26    many   awards   for  outstanding  performance  in  education,
27    including  being named the number  one  high  school  in  the
28    United  States by Expansion Management magazine in January of
29    1999; and

30        WHEREAS, Despite two additions, the district continued to
 
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 1    expand, resulting in the passage of a referendum in  1997  to
 2    allow the construction of a second new high school campus for
 3    1600  students  in  Vernon  Hills,  as  well as providing for
 4    renovation and enhancements to the Butler Lake facility; and

 5        WHEREAS, The dedication of the  new  high  school  is  on
 6    April 9, 2000; therefore, be it

 7        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
 8    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
 9    we  commend  Libertyville  Community High School District 128
10    for its nationally  recognized  tradition  of  excellence  in
11    education,  and its vision for continuing this tradition into
12    the twenty-first century, as attested by the presence of this
13    impressive new high school in Vernon Hills, Illinois; and  be
14    it further

15        RESOLVED,  That  suitable  copies  of  this resolution be
16    presented to the District 128 Board of Education.

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