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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.