Full Text of HR1203 95th General Assembly
HR1203 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 1850, the county of DuPage was divided into | 3 |
| nine townships, and in 1855, the Illinois legislature passed a | 4 |
| law that allowed the State to use tax money to support local | 5 |
| public schools; School District 45 was created in April 1857, | 6 |
| in the town of York (York Township); in June 1857 the directors | 7 |
| purchased two lots (at $10 each) to build the first school, and | 8 |
| they borrowed $250.00 at 10% to begin construction; the school | 9 |
| was located at the corner of St. Charles Road and Meyers Road | 10 |
| and was called Meyers Road School; and
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| WHEREAS, The total cost of the school, including the | 12 |
| furnishings and the coal for the first year, was $872.95; the | 13 |
| schoolhouse was completed in December 1857 and school started | 14 |
| on December 24, 1857; there were only 19 families in the | 15 |
| district when the school opened; the first teacher was N.N. | 16 |
| Johnson, who taught and did the janitorial work for the first | 17 |
| four-month term for a salary of $33.00 per month; during the | 18 |
| early years, the length of District 45 school terms varied from | 19 |
| five to 10 months in length, with some school records showing a | 20 |
| six-month summer term and a two-month winter term; and
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| WHEREAS, By 1895 there were still only 29 families in the | 22 |
| district; the total expense for the school including teacher's | 23 |
| wages, coal, and repairs was $250.00; teachers' salaries ranged |
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| from $10 (with room and board) to $33 per month, sometimes with | 2 |
| a stipend for kindling the daily schoolroom fires;
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| became District 45 and new schools were built; and
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| WHEREAS, By 1902 the district had been renamed District 45; | 5 |
| in 1908 a referendum was held for the purpose of expansion, and | 6 |
| by a vote of 83 to 5, it was decided to abandon the 50-year-old | 7 |
| Meyers Road School and to issue bonds for $7,000 to build a new | 8 |
| school in the subdivision of Ardmore; in 1912, the new | 9 |
| four-room Ardmore School was opened with 59 pupils; by 1916, | 10 |
| the district had 148 pupils and a budget of $5,000 for the | 11 |
| education fund and $3,000 for the building fund; in 1916 | 12 |
| another referendum approved $18,000 to put the first addition | 13 |
| on to Ardmore School, including four new classrooms, a hall, | 14 |
| and an office; by this time, there was a full-time principal | 15 |
| and eight teachers; and
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| WHEREAS, By 1922 the enrollment had risen to 322 pupils, | 17 |
| making it legally necessary to increase the school board from | 18 |
| three members to seven members; in anticipation of further | 19 |
| post-World War I growth, the voters approved a series of | 20 |
| referenda to approve construction of four more schools: Lincoln | 21 |
| and Washington Schools in 1924; Westmore School (Lombard) in | 22 |
| 1926; and Franklin School in 1927; by 1925, school enrollment | 23 |
| had reached 600 and it was necessary to hire a full-time | 24 |
| superintendent of schools; Superintendent H.E. Hinkel came in |
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| the 1925-1926 school year and served as superintendent through | 2 |
| the 1948-1949 school year; by the time Superintendent Hinkel | 3 |
| left in 1948, he had seen the beginnings of a tremendous | 4 |
| expansion of the village and the school population; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1950, the plans were laid so that 95% of the | 6 |
| pupils would be within walking distance from their homes; | 7 |
| during the years from 1950 to 1971, 10 more schools were | 8 |
| opened, including Jackson Junior High (1953) and Jefferson | 9 |
| Junior High (1962); neighborhood schools included Edgewood | 10 |
| (1955); Madison (1956); North (1956); Schafer (1957); York | 11 |
| Center (1958); Iowa (1962); High Ridge (1967); and Stevenson | 12 |
| (1971); and
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| WHEREAS, By 1970, the school population had reached 6,910 | 14 |
| students; from 1980 to 1982, eight schools were closed;
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| the next two years, the community faced the disappointment and | 16 |
| upheaval of eight neighborhood schools being closed; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 1982-1983 school year District 45 | 18 |
| celebrated its 125th anniversary; on June 6, 1983, the district | 19 |
| buried a time capsule in Veterans Memorial Park (now Cortesi | 20 |
| Park) on Kenilworth across from the old post office; the | 21 |
| capsule contained memorabilia from the 125th year and items | 22 |
| popular with the students in 1983; with assistance from the | 23 |
| Villa Park Parks and Recreation Department the capsule was |
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| unearthed on March 27, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Many changes have occurred in the last 25 years; | 3 |
| in 1995 the school established the District 45 Foundation for | 4 |
| Excellence in Education to raise funds for innovative and | 5 |
| creative instructional programs that cannot be funded through | 6 |
| the normal operations budget; in 2007-2008, the 150th | 7 |
| anniversary year, school population stands at 3537 with a staff | 8 |
| of 487; and
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| WHEREAS, The population of District 45 has become much more | 10 |
| diverse in terms of ethnic and racial makeup; at least 38 | 11 |
| different languages are now spoken by District 45 students; | 12 |
| language programs for non-native English speakers and cultural | 13 |
| and social programs address the diversity of the district and | 14 |
| the village; and
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| WHEREAS, Today, School District 45 is the home a of 2006 | 16 |
| Blue Ribbon School, two Illinois Spotlight Schools, the | 17 |
| recipient of an Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic | 18 |
| Opportunity ZERO Waste Grant, as well as the Carol M. White | 19 |
| Physical Education Grant; all eight school buildings have been | 20 |
| remodeled and additions have been built at seven; all students | 21 |
| and staff have Internet access; and all eight schools and the | 22 |
| district have shown significant progress in student | 23 |
| achievement under the No Child Left Behind Act; therefore, be |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 |
| congratulate the staff and faculty of School District 45 on a | 5 |
| rich history of providing quality education to the many | 6 |
| students who have passed through the school doors; and be it | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to a representative of School District 45 as a symbol | 10 |
| of our sincere respect.
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