City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0319R

• File #: 11-0319R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Recognition of Mount Washington Elementary/Middle School - 2011 National Blue Ribbon School
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/19/2011
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 9/19/2011
• Title: In Recognition of Mount Washington Elementary/Middle School - 2011 National Blue Ribbon School FOR the purpose of congratulating the students, teachers, and administrators of Mount Washington Elementary/Middle School on being named a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School in recognition of the academic excellence and major student achievement gains this year, and recognizing the important contributions of the entire supportive parent and Mount Washington community to the success of the school.
• Sponsors: Rochelle Spector, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Warren Branch, William H. Cole, IV, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, Carl Stokes, President Young, Bill Henry, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/19/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
9/19/2011	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
9/19/2011	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
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INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Spector


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Recognition of Mount Washington Elementary/Middle School - 2011 National Blue Ribbon School

FOR the purpose of congratulating the students, teachers, and administrators of Mount Washington Elementary/Middle School on being named a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School in recognition of the academic excellence and major student achievement gains this year, and recognizing the important contributions of the entire supportive parent and Mount Washington community to the success of the school.
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On September 15, 2011, the U.S. Secretary of Education announced the 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Mount Washington Elementary/Middle is one of 305 public and private schools across the country to receive the honor, which the CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools states: "recognizes the consistently high performance of Mount Washington's students and the highest possible expectations by Principal Torr, her teachers and staff, and the entire school community."

The U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Program honors public and private schools that demonstrate sustained academic excellence or dramatic student achievement gains among disadvantaged students. Principal Torr said of her school's achievement: "This award is a reflection first and foremost of the hard work of Mount Washington's students, followed...