HomeMy WebLinkAbout60-32Public Schools Week.
~EREAS, our Forefathers in their wisdom at tile time
of the Constitutional Convention, held in l~onterey 1849,
orovided for the establishment of a Public School System
In ~rtlcle IX of that historic document; and
~ERE&S, The Public School in the United States has
always been s livln~ symbol o.f our li~e since earliest
Colonial tlmes; and
WHEREAS, Public education has been reco~ni~.ed since
oloneer times as an ~moerat~ve oreoaration for the
resoomsib.~l~ties o? e~t!,enshio in ou~ free and democ-
ratic Country; and
'~.~ERE~S, The comolexity of local, state, national
and international resoonsibilities of citizenshiD make
2rave demands today on our oeoole; and
~,/!~HE~E~S, The forty-first annual Public Schools Week
which will be held .~oril 25 to 30 will be oresented for
the ouroose o~ brin~in~ the oublic and the schools into
a closer understanding of the functions and oroblems
oF the schools today; now, therefore be it resolved,
that we indorse the ouroose of Public Schools Week and
urge our citizens to visit one or more schools durin~
the week of ~oril 25 to 30 for the ouroose of see.fn~
what the schools are doin~ in orenairin~ our youth
For the resoonsibilites o~ intelligent and usefful
citizenshio.
Dated: April 6, 1960.
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