Resolution honoring recipient of the Employers for Education Excellence Award

 WHEREAS parents and employers play a key role in supporting public schools; and

WHEREAS mentoring children can have a lifelong impact on students’ lives; and

WHEREAS the Texas Legislature recognized this important school-parent-business partnership when it created the Employers for Education Excellence award in 2007; and

WHEREAS BLGY Architecture of Austin met and exceeded the requirements to be recognized at the highest level for this award; and

WHEREAS about 30 percent of the firm’s employees participate in mentoring and other school-related volunteer activities in the Round Rock and Austin school districts and works with the Austin Community College; and

WHEREAS the firm has developed workshops that teach students about topics such as collaboration, punctuality, and respect; and

WHEREAS BLGY participated in a ground-breaking pilot project that taught students green building principles; and

WHEREAS the firm has hosted networking opportunities for students and offered externships for teachers; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED that the State Board of Education urges Texas businesses to look upon BLGY Architecture and its president Benny Hawkins as role models for civic engagement; and be it further

RESOLVED that the State Board of Education today awards BLGY Architecture the gold Employers for Education Excellence award for its generous and continuing support of Central Texas students and teachers.

WITNESS our signatures this first day of February, two thousand and nineteen, in Austin, Texas.



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Donna Bahorich, Chair



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Georgina C. Pérez, Secretary