WHEREAS In October 1956, an election was held to establish a rural high school district. It passed, and when the county school board officially approved the voter’s desire on November 12, it consolidated eight common school districts in Comal County — Bulverde, Danville, Davenport, Fischer, Goodwin, Mountain Valley, Sherwood and Solms. The Comal County Rural High School District was officially formed and classes started on September 1, 1957; and

WHEREAS, The site of Goodwin Rural High School, where the current Canyon Intermediate School sits, was chosen to be the location of the district’s new high school. After renovations were complete, the school officially opened its doors as Canyon High School in the fall of 1959 and graduated its first class in 1960; and

WHEREAS An election on April 23, 1968, created the school district that was thereafter known as the Comal Independent School District; and

WHEREAS The new Canyon High School was completed in 1973, on 50 acres of land originally purchased for $1,500 per acre. The school, which sits just off Interstate 35 in New Braunfels, was built for $2.4 million; and

WHEREAS, With the increased growth all around the district, it became apparent a new high school was needed to accommodate the students in the hill country. A beautiful 60-acre piece of land on FM 311 was purchased for $250,000 and the high school was built for just under $9 million. Smithson Valley High School officially opened in the fall of 1976 with approximately 500 students; and

WHEREAS New industries and people continued to move into the county, and by the 1981-82 school year, when the CISD celebrated its 25^th anniversary, the district’s enrollment stood at 4,021 students. In 1985, a $19.96 million bond issue was passed to fund renovations to the district’s nine existing campuses and build a new Smithson Valley High School, which opened in January of 1988 off Texas Hwy 46. The district’s third high school, Canyon Lake High School, is scheduled to open north of Canyon Lake in August 2007; and

WHEREAS, Today, the CISD boasts 16 beautiful campuses and more than 14,100 students. In 2005, voters passed a record $189 million bond to fund the building of six new elementary schools while allowing Mountain Valley and Canyon Intermediate schools to become middle schools; and, so the growth and excellence continues.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Commissioners Court of Comal County, duly convened and acting in its capacity as the governing body of Comal County, does hereby recognize the Comal Independent School District for: