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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Mark R. Friedman, superintendent of 
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Libertyville Elementary District 70, has been named the 2009 
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Illinois Superintendent of the Year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The award, sponsored by the Illinois Association 
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of School Administrators, was presented on November 23, 2008, 
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during the Third General Session of the Illinois Association of 
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School Boards (IASB), Illinois Association of School 
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Administrators (IASA) and Illinois Association of School 
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Business Officials (IASBO) 76th Joint Annual Conference in 
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Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Friedman was selected from among more than 865 
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Illinois superintendents and represented Illinois in the 
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National Superintendent of the Year Recognition during the 
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American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National 
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Conference in February of this year; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The National Superintendent of the Year Award is 
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co-sponsored by the AASA and ARAMARK; a $10,000 college 
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scholarship will be presented in the name of the National 
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Superintendent of the Year to a student in the high school from 
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which the superintendent graduated; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Before coming to Libertyville, Dr. Friedman was 
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assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction, and 
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personnel for Lincolnwood School District 74, director of 
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instruction for Itasca District 10, and principal of Washington 
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Elementary School in Itasca; he began his career in education 
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as a Chicago teacher, moving on to become a reading laboratory 
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director in Chicago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is a partner with BWP Associates, which 
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conducts education management consulting and executive 
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searches;

          Dr. Friedman currently serves on the board of the 
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Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum 
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Development (23 years, including two terms as treasurer) and 
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the Lake County United Way (two terms); he has served as 
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president of the Lake County Superintendents Association 
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(2007-08) and the Northern Illinois Reading Recovery 
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Consortium (10 years); and

 
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    WHEREAS, He is a founding member of the IASA School for 
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Advanced Leadership and has been an adjunct faculty member at 
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National-Louis University and North Park University; he is a 
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trainer and presenter for the Illinois Administrators Academy, 
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and a member of the National-Louis University Reading Advisory; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 2008, he gave the welcome address for the Phi 
 


 






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Delta Kappa International Conference, presented at the AASA 
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National Conference on "Searching for the Superintendency," 
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and presented an Illinois Administrators Academy on 
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"Transformational Leadership;"

          Dr. Friedman received a 
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doctorate in Educational Administration from Peabody College 
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of Vanderbilt University, a master’s in Public Administration 
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from Roosevelt University, and a bachelor of arts degree in 
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Political Science from Arizona State University; and

 
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    WHEREAS,  Dr. Friedman was appointed superintendent of 
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District 70 in 1992; Libertyville District 70 is a high 
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achieving system of five schools, kindergarten through eighth 
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grade, with 2,650 students and 320 employees; the Libertyville 
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community provides strong parental support and students 
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perform in the 95th percentile of the Illinois Standards 
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Achievement Test (ISAT) due in part to a cutting edge 
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curriculum; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Dr. Mark Friedman on this honor and wish him all 
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the best in his future endeavors; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Dr. Mark Friedman as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.