Full Text of HR0252 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate David J. Kroeze, Ph.D., | 4 | | on the occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of | 5 | | Northbrook School District 27; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, At the end of the 2020-2021 school year, Dr. | 7 | | Kroeze will retire having led Northbrook School District 27 | 8 | | for 29 years; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze has overseen a number of key | 10 | | achievements at Northbrook School District 27, including | 11 | | implementing the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework, | 12 | | establishing full-day kindergarten, renovating all of the | 13 | | District 27's state-of-the-art facilities, and co-founding the | 14 | | First in the World Consortium with Dr. Paul Kimmelman, which | 15 | | identified and recognized that District 27 students and those | 16 | | in the consortium rank at the highest levels of performance in | 17 | | mathematics and science in the world; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze's leadership has been apparent in the | 19 | | number of accolades Northbrook School District 27 has | 20 | | received, including the Certificate of Excellence Awards in | 21 | | Financial Reporting for 11 consecutive years, the Department | 22 | | of Education's Excellence Award for Wood Oaks Junior High |
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| 1 | | School, and District 27 schools being named in the top 1 to 2 | 2 | | percent of schools in the county and State for many years as | 3 | | noted by Chicago Magazine and the Illinois State Report Card; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze has led Northbrook School District 27 | 6 | | through its greatest challenge to date by safely educating | 7 | | students throughout the course of the global COVID-19 | 8 | | pandemic; he developed a hybrid synchronous learning model | 9 | | that allowed any interested student to attend school in-person | 10 | | to the greatest extent possible throughout the entirety of the | 11 | | school year; through his hybrid learning model, approximately | 12 | | 94 percent of District 27's students attended school in-person | 13 | | everyday as of April 2021, which is a testament to his strong | 14 | | leadership, energy, and passion for education; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze has served the Northbrook community | 16 | | with the highest levels of respect and integrity; therefore, | 17 | | be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate David J. Kroeze, Ph.D., on his retirement, | 21 | | commend him for his dedication to the Northbrook community, | 22 | | and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dr. Kroeze as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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