Full Text of HR0579 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Chicago High School | 4 | | for Agriculture Sciences on the occasion of the 175th | 5 | | anniversary of the founding of its farm, located at 111th | 6 | | Street and Pulaski Road; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The farm, consisting of 129 acres, was purchased | 8 | | by the Chicago Board of Education for $79 on December 11, 1846, | 9 | | as they forecasted the extension of the city limits to distant | 10 | | points where schools would be needed; the land was leased for | 11 | | farming, and although the technology used has changed over the | 12 | | years, some things do not; the farm, now just under 79 acres | 13 | | after sections were sold, still grows corn, still has a market | 14 | | garden, and still hosts a farm stand; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The land has not fundamentally changed since | 16 | | 1846, though the community surrounding it certainly has; Mount | 17 | | Greenwood was first populated in 1830 but did not experience a | 18 | | notable influx of settlers until the 1893 World's Columbian | 19 | | Exposition; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, In the early 1980s, the Chicago Board of | 21 | | Education was considering selling the land to real estate | 22 | | developers; the Citizen's Committee to Save Chicago's Last |
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| 1 | | Farm was formed, and in response, the board announced a new | 2 | | plan in 1983; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Based on a first of its kind successful | 4 | | agricultural sciences high school in Philadelphia, the Chicago | 5 | | High School for Agriculture Sciences was created in 1985 and | 6 | | received more than 500 applications for approximately 150 | 7 | | freshmen openings; the school was designed to offer college | 8 | | preparatory and vocational education, with coursework devoted | 9 | | to horticulture, food science, landscape design, and other | 10 | | agriculture topics; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, To date, the Chicago High School for Agricultural | 12 | | Sciences has an enrollment of approximately 800 students, and | 13 | | to commemorate the historic 175th anniversary of the school's | 14 | | farm, some of the students have created then-and-now photos | 15 | | for display; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate the Chicago High School for Agriculture | 19 | | Sciences on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the | 20 | | founding of its farm; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences |
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| 1 | | as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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