HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-122RESOLUiTON PROCI.AIlNQ~TG NOVEMBER 1996 AS
FAMILY LITERACY MONTH
WF~EREAS, thousands of Family Literacy programs across the nation will be celebrating this rapidly
growing literacy approach which conveys the message that "the home is the child's first and most important
school", "parents are the fixst and most important teachers", and "reading is the child's first and most
important subject;" and
WHEREAS, programs emphasize adult education, children's education, parent-to-child interaction,
and parent-to-parent interaction and are devoted to creating learning teams between parents and children,
families and teachers, schools and communities, and families and libraries; and
WHFI~EAS, in Family Literacy programs, parents and their children attend together and gain new
understanding of the significance of literacy in the quality of their family life and their role in society; and
WI~RF.AS, literacy is vital to America's future course, and the family is vital to literacy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in recognition of the importance of literacy, the Butte County
Board of Supervisors hereby proclaims November 1996 as Family Literacy Month, and urges all Butte County
parents to read to their children for 15 minutes everyday.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, this
12th day of November, 1996, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Dolan, Haux and Chair McLaughlin
NOFS: None
A135EN'r; Superva.sor Thomas
NOT VOTING: bone
ATTEST:
John S. Blacklock, Chief Administrative
Officer and Clerk of the d
BY: ~~..-
Clerk/Deputy
J~l~
Chairman, Board o Supervisors
County of Butte, S to of California