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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Those individuals who devote their entire lives to
3 the education of children are worthy of the highest praise; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Mrs. Bettye J. Richardson has spent 42 years
5 dedicated to the education of children, 33 years in secondary
6 education within the Chicago Public Schools System and 9 years
7 in administration; she is retiring on June 30, 2006; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mrs. Richardson has been a significant force
9 behind many of the accomplishments and successes at Edward F.
10 Dunne Elementary School, where she is principal; she has
11 provided leadership and supervision to administration,
12 instructional, clerical, and student support staff; she has
13 managed over 6,000 elementary school students during her tenure
14 as principal; and
 
15     WHEREAS, She has also worked along side her dedicated staff
16 to have Edward F. Dunne Elementary School recognized by the
17 Chicago Public Schools Office of Accountability as "The School
18 of Distinction"; this recognition was due to the students'
19 outstanding achievements in reading and mathematics on state
20 level tests; and
 
21     WHEREAS, She directed an elementary and high school
22 "Connect Program", which allowed Dunne Elementary School
23 eighth graders the opportunity to take classes and receive high
24 school credit; and
 
25     WHEREAS, She has been called "The Preacher Teacher" by many
26 of her colleagues because of her commitment to doing "Nothing
27 Less Than Her Best"; therefore, be it
 
28     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that

 

 

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1 we congratulate Mrs. Bettye J. Richardson on the occasion of
2 her retirement, and we thank her for the many years she has
3 devoted to the education of our students; and be it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to her as an expression of our respect and esteem.