HR0419 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Judith B. Pacey, Champaign-Ford Regional Superintendent of Schools, on her retirement on June 30, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Judith Pacey received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Masters degree and a Certificate of Advanced Study at Concordia University in Chicago; and

WHEREAS, She began her career as a special education and kindergarten teacher in 1969 in the public schools in St. Paul, Minnesota; and

WHEREAS, In the 1970s and 1980s she taught in the Oak Park Elementary School District and Berkeley School District 87; and

WHEREAS, Judith Pacey was a language arts consultant and assistant director of the Educational Service Center in Rantoul from 1990 to 1992; she was the Principal of Homer Elementary and Junior High School in the Heritage Community Unit School District 8 in Broadlands from 1992 to 1996; she became the Assistant Regional Superintendent of the Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education 9 in Rantoul in 1996; and in 2003 she assumed the position of Regional Superintendent of Schools; and

WHEREAS, Judith Pacey is a board member of the Children's Advocacy Center; she is a past president of the Illini Reading Council; she is the Legislative Committee chair for the Illinois Association of Regional School Superintendents, as well as serving on the GED Committee and the Health Life Safety Committee; she is a board member of Lincoln's Challenge Academy and a member of Phi Delta Kappa and Project 18; she is a past president of Service Club; and she serves on the Technology, Novice Teacher Support Project and Illinois New Teacher Collaborative Committees for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and

WHEREAS, She and her husband, Charles "Chip" Pacey live in Paxton; they have three daughters, Jill King, Wendy Biggs, and Muffy Pacey, and three grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Judith Pacey on her retirement and wish her the best in her future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Judith B. Pacey as a symbol of our respect.