Full Text of HR0689 096th General Assembly
HR0689 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the students, | 4 |
| staff, and administration of Mill Street Elementary School on | 5 |
| the occasion of the dedication of the school's new renovations | 6 |
| on October 19, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, The history of what would become Mill Street | 8 |
| Elementary School began in the 1960s, a decade marked by rapid | 9 |
| growth in both population and real estate value in the City of | 10 |
| Naperville; in 1966, the District 78 Board of Education called | 11 |
| voters to the polls to approve a building referendum for a new | 12 |
| elementary school; the community approved a $1,049,375 | 13 |
| referendum to build Mill Street Elementary School on 14.25 | 14 |
| acres north of Ogden Avenue along the east side of Mill Street; | 15 |
| the capacity of the new school would be 800 students in 20 | 16 |
| regular classrooms, two kindergarten rooms, four special | 17 |
| education rooms, a central learning resource center, and a | 18 |
| gymnasium with a stage and office; this new school would | 19 |
| provide for the burgeoning numbers of elementary-age school | 20 |
| children in the district; and
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| WHEREAS, Mill Street Elementary School opened in time for | 22 |
| the school year to begin in the fall of 1967 under the | 23 |
| leadership of the school's first principal, Robert |
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| Hillenbrand; with a starting enrollment of 596 students, Mill | 2 |
| Street was the first elementary school to have rooms designed | 3 |
| specifically for art, music, and special education; the | 4 |
| school's 26 classrooms included partition walls that could be | 5 |
| opened and closed, allowing teachers the flexibility of | 6 |
| changing the instructional environment to accommodate | 7 |
| large-group activities; the school was dedicated in February of | 8 |
| 1968 to the memory of Edna C. Wunder, who had attended school | 9 |
| as a child in Naperville and had been an educator in the public | 10 |
| elementary schools for 45 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert Hillenbrand served as principal of Mill | 12 |
| Street Elementary School until the 1982-1983 school year; | 13 |
| subsequent Mill Street School principals have included Sue | 14 |
| Ellen Jensen, Larry Dusanek, Ruth Cross, and the school's | 15 |
| current principal, Mark DeMoulin; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the years, the population on the north side | 17 |
| of Naperville grew and Mill Street Elementary School moved | 18 |
| beyond its capacity during the 1999-2000 school year; as the | 19 |
| demographics of Naperville shifted, the need for English | 20 |
| Language Learner (ELL) classes and other support resources | 21 |
| translated into the necessity for finding additional space; in | 22 |
| response to these changes, the district decided to begin a | 23 |
| comprehensive renovation of the 40 year old school; and
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| WHEREAS, In the past year, over $7 million in improvements | 2 |
| have been made to Mill Street Elementary School, thanks to a | 3 |
| $43 million facilities bond referendum which passed in February | 4 |
| of 2008 as part of a larger $115 million plan; the various | 5 |
| improvements made to Mill Street School include the addition of | 6 |
| a 15,000 square foot gymnasium/multipurpose/lunch area, the | 7 |
| addition of a kindergarten classroom; the improvement of | 8 |
| traffic flow around the school, the renovation of the | 9 |
| building's core, the reconfiguration of the current | 10 |
| multipurpose room to provide instructional learning areas for | 11 |
| educational support programs, and the expansion of the school's | 12 |
| conference room, school office area, and nurse's facilities; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, The improvements made to Mill Street Elementary | 15 |
| School will ensure that future generations of school children | 16 |
| in the City of Naperville will receive the quality education | 17 |
| that they deserve; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 |
| congratulate the students, staff, and administration of Mill | 21 |
| Street Elementary School on the occasion of the dedication of | 22 |
| the school's new renovations and wish them the best in the | 23 |
| years to come; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Mark DeMoulin, principal of Mill Street Elementary | 3 |
| School, as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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