Full Text of HR1081 94th General Assembly
HR1081 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Elmer McPherson | 4 |
| on the occasion of his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in | 6 |
| history/physical education from McKendree College in Lebanon | 7 |
| followed with his Master of Science degree in education | 8 |
| leadership from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; he | 9 |
| has completed his course work for his doctoral degree in | 10 |
| education/organization and leadership from the University of | 11 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McPherson began his career in education in | 13 |
| 1972 teaching in the public schools of Cairo, Illinois, where | 14 |
| he served as a Middle School Social Studies/Physical Education & | 15 |
| Health Teacher, Athletic Coach for Baseball/Basketball and | 16 |
| Track, Dean of Students, Athletic Director, Work-Study | 17 |
| Coordinator, and finally as Assistant Principal for Cairo High | 18 |
| School from 1981 to 1983; and
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| WHEREAS, He became the Extension Course Supervisor/Liaison | 20 |
| for three years in the Shawnee Community College in Ullin | 21 |
| before serving as the Principal at Cairo High School, and later | 22 |
| at Edison Middle School in Champaign; in 1992, he became | 23 |
| Principal of Stephen Decatur High School in Decatur before | 24 |
| moving to the administrative offices in 1993 as Director of | 25 |
| School/Curriculum and Assistant Superintendent; he was | 26 |
| appointed Superintendent in 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, For the past six years Mr. McPherson was | 28 |
| responsible for much of the day-to-day operations of the school | 29 |
| district, as well as serving as a key figure in the Decatur | 30 |
| schools' shift to a more decentralized decision-making | 31 |
| structure; he was involved with the successful local tax |
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| referendum passed in February 2001, the first such success | 2 |
| since 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, Some of the highlights of his time as | 4 |
| superintendent in Decatur include the development of Hope | 5 |
| School, a K-8 building that is the first school in the district | 6 |
| to go to a balanced or year-round calendar; the Professional | 7 |
| Development Institute; the Phoenix Enrichment Center, an | 8 |
| alternative school, and Phoenix II, a center for teen moms; the | 9 |
| development of a strategic plan; and the organization of a | 10 |
| Superintendent Youth Council; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a member of the United Way Board, the Metro | 12 |
| Decatur Chamber of Commerce, the Joint Drop Out Task Force, the | 13 |
| Decatur Public Schools Foundation, Webster-Cantrell Hall, Boys | 14 |
| and Girls Club of Decatur, and numerous other civic and | 15 |
| professional organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Naomi, live in Decatur where | 17 |
| Naomi serves as Coordinator for Accelerated Schools with a home | 18 |
| base in Decatur; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 |
| we congratulate Elmer McPherson on the occasion of his | 22 |
| retirement after 34 years in education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to Mr. McPherson as an expression of our esteem.
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