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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Frankie |
| 4 | | Sutherland on her retirement from General George S. Patton |
| 5 | | School District 133; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland has spent 29 years in the |
| 7 | | field of education; the last 17 of those years in District 133, |
| 8 | | with 7 of them as principal and 10 as superintendent; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland graduated from Tougaloo |
| 10 | | College in Mississippi in 1972 and began teaching at Malcolm X |
| 11 | | College in Chicago; in 1984, she moved to the Chicago Public |
| 12 | | School system at Medill Primary School and in 1996 she joined |
| 13 | | General George S. Patton School District 133 in Riverdale to |
| 14 | | serve as principal, then assistant superintendent, and |
| 15 | | eventually superintendent; during this time, she received 2 |
| 16 | | masters degrees from Chicago State University, one in school |
| 17 | | guidance and counseling and the other in educational |
| 18 | | administration; she received her doctorate from Loyola |
| 19 | | University in Chicago in educational leadership; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland volunteered with the Ebony |
| 21 | | Fashion Fair from 1996 to 2001, serving as general chairperson |
| 22 | | in 1999 and 2000 to raise money for the United Negro College |
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| 1 | | Fund (UNCF); she is active in the Chicago Inter Alumni Council, |
| 2 | | which is made up of historically black colleges and assists |
| 3 | | with several fundraisers throughout the year sponsored by the |
| 4 | | council where the proceeds go to the UNCF; she sponsors |
| 5 | | students in her school district for the week-long annual Young |
| 6 | | Leadership Program in Washington, D.C., and she sponsors a |
| 7 | | student in her school district for a summer internship in the |
| 8 | | business department at Stanford University in California; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland is a member of the American |
| 10 | | Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Association |
| 11 | | of School Administrators, the NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law |
| 12 | | Center, and many other non-profit organizations; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland has one son, Steven Craig |
| 14 | | Sutherland and one grandson, Steven Jr.; she enjoys attending |
| 15 | | Steven Jr.'s sporting events, gardening, and traveling; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland's retirement will become |
| 17 | | official on June 30, 2013; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 20 | | we congratulate Dr. Frankie Sutherland on her retirement, thank |
| 21 | | her for her commitment to education, and wish her all the best |
| 22 | | in her future endeavours; and be it further
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