Full Text of HR1249 094th General Assembly
HR1249 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Michael Anderson of Spring Grove is retiring | 3 |
| from his position as Superintendent of Schools of Lake Villa | 4 |
| School District #41 after 36 years in education; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson is a graduate of Chillicothe High | 6 |
| School, Wartburg College (Bachelor of Arts, English), Northern | 7 |
| Illinois University (Master of Science - Education, | 8 |
| Counseling), and National Louis University (Doctor of | 9 |
| Education); he has also studied at Northern Illinois | 10 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, He began his career as an English teacher at Tefft | 12 |
| Junior High School in Streamwood, went on to serve as a college | 13 |
| and career counselor at Warren Township High School in Gurnee, | 14 |
| as Vocational Coordinator and Deputy Director at Lake County | 15 |
| Area Vocational Center (LCAVC), as Director of Personnel and | 16 |
| Public Relations and Assistant Superintendent of Instruction | 17 |
| for Freeport School District #145, and as Superintendent of | 18 |
| Schools for Quincy School District #172; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson has served at District #41 since | 20 |
| 1999; during his tenure he had several major accomplishments; | 21 |
| he supervised five district-wide curriculum reviews and | 22 |
| adoptions, including social science, fine arts, math, language | 23 |
| arts, and science; advanced the use of technology throughout | 24 |
| the district to include additional computers in labs, wireless | 25 |
| access, and phone system upgrades; instituted a personnel | 26 |
| recognition and appreciation program for all district | 27 |
| employees; built Martin School and an addition to Palombi | 28 |
| Middle School for a new administrative center, board room, | 29 |
| classrooms, and main office area for the school; purchased | 30 |
| several properties; equalized student attendance center | 31 |
| populations by changing school boundaries; received a | 32 |
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| Education; secured grants; established a strong relationship | 2 |
| with Lake Villa Township, including an intergovernmental | 3 |
| agreement for common use of property at Martin School; and did | 4 |
| many things to improve the safety of the Lake Villa School | 5 |
| District #41 schools; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a member of the Illinois Association of | 7 |
| School Administrators, the American Association of School | 8 |
| Administrators, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum | 9 |
| Development, the Illinois Association for Supervision and | 10 |
| Curriculum Development, the National School Public Relations | 11 |
| Association, the Illinois Association of School, College, and | 12 |
| University Staffing, and the Lake County Superintendents' | 13 |
| Organization; he is also active in Rotary International; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson is married to Donna and is the father | 15 |
| of Jason, Deidre, Morgan, and Doug; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| we congratulate Dr. Michael Anderson on the occasion of his | 19 |
| retirement, and we thank him for the many years he has devoted | 20 |
| to education; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Dr. Anderson as an expression of our esteem.
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