HR1058 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Alfred Guido Travaglini on the occasion of his retirement as superintendent of Frankfort School District 168; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Travaglini began his career in education teaching 6th grade from March 1970 to June 1971 in District 170 at Garfield Elementary School in Chicago Heights; he then worked as a Special Education Teacher from March 1973 to August 1975 at Jefferson Elementary School in District 170 in Chicago Heights; from 1975 to 1978 he was the Resource Service Supervisor and principal of SPEED (Self-Contained Learning Disabilities Program), during which time he spent 1976 as a teacher of Special Education courses for the National College of Education; and

WHEREAS, In July 1978, Alfred Travaglini was appointed principal of Strassburg Elementary School in District 168 in Sauk Village; he left to pursue a different career path in September 1979 when he opened the Al Travaglini Insurance Agency in Tinley Park; he served as a school board member of the Matteson School District 159 from 1985 to 1989 and on the Southwest Cooperative Board of Directors for Special Education from 1990 to 1994; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Travaglini returned to a career in education when he took the position of Bloom High School Special Education Teacher in District 206 from 2003 to 2006; he returned to Frankfort School District 168 and from 2006 to 2007 he was the Special Education Coordinator; from 2007 to 2010 he was the Director of Special Education, from 2010 to 2011 he was the assistant superintendent, and from 2011 to 2014 he was the superintendent; and

WHEREAS, Alfred Travaglini was born in Chicago on February 17, 1947 to Bernard and Clara Travaglini; he married Barbara Ann Pellino on August 16, 1969; they reside in Frankfort and together they have a daughter, Crisa Renee Travaglini, and 3 grandchildren, Logan, Taylor, and Gavin; he attended Prairie State Jr. College from 1965 to 1968, and he earned his Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from McPherson College in Kansas in 1970 and his Master of Science in Special Education Administration/Supervision from the National College of Education in Evanston in 1975; he served in the United States Army from 1971 to 1973; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Alfred Guido Travaglini on the occasion of his retirement as superintendent of Frankfort School District 168 and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Alfred Travaglini as an expression of our esteem and respect.