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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Matteson
4 Elementary School District 162 Superintendent Blondean Davis
5 on the occasion of being named the 2008 Illinois Superintendent
6 of the Year by the Illinois Association of School
7 Administrators; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Blondean Davis was appointed as Superintendent of
9 Matteson Elementary School District 162 in 2002; during her
10 tenure as superintendent, the district has increased its
11 Illinois Standards Achievement Test scores 45 percent since
12 2001 and increased the district's 2007 composite ISAT score to
13 80 percent; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Superintendent Blondean Davis served as
15 day-to-day manager in the Chicago Public Schools from 1995 to
16 2001 before serving in her current position in Matteson
17 Elementary School District 162, a position that greatly aided
18 her ability to lead the district to new heights of greatness;
19 and
 
20     WHEREAS, Blondean Davis's great vision as superintendent
21 and her designation as Superintendent of the Year helps to
22 disprove the unfair expectation that children of color in

 

 

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1 communities of poverty are unable to meet or exceed learning
2 standards within this State and across the nation and has
3 proven that all children are able to learn in school as long as
4 everyone involved believe in the children and do what is
5 necessary to teach them what they need to know to achieve
6 excellence; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Superintendent Blondean Davis is slated to give a
8 presentation at the Illinois Association of School
9 Administrators state conference in April of 2008, where she
10 will hopefully impart some of her great wisdom to the other
11 school administrators in attendance; she is also entered into
12 the National Superintendent of the Year competition in December
13 of 2007, where she will serve as a representative of this great
14 State as one of its finest educators; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Superintendent Blondean Davis and her methods of
16 leadership serve as examples of what all schools should aspire
17 to, a gold standard of quality education in the State of
18 Illinois and the nation at large; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
21 congratulate Superintendent Blondean Davis on the occasion of
22 being named the 2008 Illinois Superintendent of the Year and
23 wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and be

 

 

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1 it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Blondean Davis as a symbol of our esteem and
4 respect.