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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the American system of free public education is a most vital force in equipping this nation’s children and youth to meet the many challenges of the future; and
WHEREAS, the nation’s schools and the schools of this state and of this community are essential to preserving the American way of life; and
WHEREAS, a rapidly changing world requires that education change to meet new challenges without diminishing the traditional American appreciation of the supreme worth of the
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