Full Text of HR0210 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Michael "Mike" Raczak on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as president of the Indian | 5 | | Prairie School District 204 Board of Education; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mike Raczak earned his bachelor's degree in | 7 | | Education and Special Education and his master's degree in | 8 | | Special Education from Northern Illinois University; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mike Raczak is a retired educator with 38 years | 10 | | of experience as a teacher and administrator; he began his | 11 | | career as a teacher and later became the principal of the Ray | 12 | | Graham Habilitation Center; he also worked for the LaGrange | 13 | | Area Department of Special Education, the School Association | 14 | | for Special Education in DuPage County, and Butler School | 15 | | District 53, where he started one of the first inclusion | 16 | | programs in Illinois; he joined Indian Prairie School District | 17 | | 204 in 1991; he served as a middle school assistant principal, | 18 | | a middle school principal, and an elementary school principal; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, During his career, Mike Raczak led schools that | 21 | | received numerous honors, including the Association of | 22 | | Illinois Middle Schools and the National Forum to Accelerate |
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| 1 | | Middle Level's School to Watch, the National Association of | 2 | | Secondary School Principals' 100 Highly Successful Schools, | 3 | | and the Illinois State Board of Education's Exemplary Business | 4 | | Partnerships Award and the Academic Excellence Award for high | 5 | | student achievement for five consecutive years; he has been | 6 | | honored in the community as the recipient of the Indian | 7 | | Prairie District 204 Parent Diversity Advisory Council's | 8 | | Equity Champion Award, the Naperville Jaycees' Outstanding | 9 | | Educator Award, and the Illinois State Board of Education's | 10 | | Those Who Excel Award; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, While on the Indian Prairie School District 204 | 12 | | Board of Education, Mike Raczak served as vice president from | 13 | | 2015 to 2017; he became president in 2017 and has served in | 14 | | that role until his retirement; through continued professional | 15 | | development and training with the Illinois Association of | 16 | | School Boards, he achieved and maintained master board member | 17 | | status; he was also designated a fellow in the association's | 18 | | LeaderShop Academy; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mike Raczak has also served as the president of | 20 | | the Association of Illinois Middle Schools, the president of | 21 | | the Illinois Association of Persons with Severe Handicaps, and | 22 | | a member on the Illinois State Board of Education Steering | 23 | | Committee on Autism; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Michael "Mike" Raczak on his retirement as | 4 | | president of the Indian Prairie School District 204 Board of | 5 | | Education, and we wish him many happy and healthy retirement | 6 | | years; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Mike Raczak as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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