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RESOLUTION NO. 4-97/98
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A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA,
URGING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO
MAINTAIN THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES FOR DWYER
COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL
AGED STUDENTS RESIDING IN JUPITER FARMS WILL NOT
BE CAUSED TO RELOCATE TO JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11WHEREAS, Dwyer High School Advisory Committee Executive
1Committee, at a Boundary Meeting held on September 4,
111997,unanimously approved a motion to maintain the current
boundaries of Dwyer High School, Palm Beach Gardens High
;` School, and Jupiter High School as they are until Dwyer High
School is impacted by growth and overcapacity and
1 further recommended that once such attendance occurs a
1Iphase-in with ninth-graders be recommended with sibling
!' consideration; and
11WHEREAS,the School Advisory Council of Jupiter Community
;' High School,in response to proposed boundary changes offered
! by Mr. Harry Fix on behalf of the Palm Beach County School
1 District, recommends that students from Jupiter Farms be
phased in relative to their proposed relocation to Jupiter
11High School, beginning with the Freshman Class in the School
I; Year 1998-1999 so that neither Jupiter High School nor Dwyer
High School would suffer serious impact from a gradual
;1 phase-in by adding one grade per year; and
WHEREAS, boundary changes of the magnitude, proposed by the
HPalm Beach County School District would be a radical change,
H extremely destructive to school climate.
;iNOW, THEREFORE, BE. IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
I; VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby ratified and
11 confirmed.
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; Section 2. The Village Council of the Village of Tequesta
! urges the Palm Beach County School Board to not alter the
11attendance boundaries for Dwyer High School until such time
' as Dwyer High School is overcrowded.
Section 3 . The Village Council of the Village of Tequesta
;! urges .the Palm Beach County School Board to phase in the
;` attendance of high school aged children from Jupiter Farms,
', currently attending Dwyer High School to Jupiter High
School, beginning with the Freshman Class in the School Year
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± 1998-1999, to provide for an incremental, gradual phase-in
j of boundary changes for those high school aged children
residing in Jupiter Farms proposed to attend Jupiter High
' School in the event that Dwyer High School becomes
; overcrowded.
11Section 4 . The Village Clerk is hereby directed to send
! copies of this Resolution to the Palm Beach County School
;' Board, the School Advisory Council of Jupiter Community High
School, and the Dwyer High School Advisory Committee
Executive Committee.
Section 5 .. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
' upon adoption by the Village Council.
' THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was offered by Councilmember
who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by
Councilmember , and upon being put to a vote,
1 the vote was as follows :
FOR ADOPTION AGAINST ADOPTION
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The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution duly passed and
adopted this 9th day of October, A.D. , 1997 .
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MAYOR OF TEQUESTA
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Elizabeth A. Schauer
iATTEST:
Joann Manganiello
Village Clerk
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