Full Text of HR0218 094th General Assembly
HR0218 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Phillip C. Stewart was first elected to the | 3 |
| District 54 Board of Education on November 2, 1993; he was | 4 |
| re-elected twice and his current term expires on April 21, | 5 |
| 2005; Mr. Stewart has announced his retirement from the | 6 |
| District 54 Board of Education; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Stewart has served on several committees while | 8 |
| a member of the school board; he is currently a member of the | 9 |
| Schaumburg Township Elementary School Foundation and | 10 |
| previously served on the Budget Committee, KASPER (a Kids After | 11 |
| School Program), the Legislative Networking Committee, and | 12 |
| Safe Schools/Responsible Students Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, School safety has been a very important issue to | 14 |
| Mr. Stewart during his tenure as a board member; he has been | 15 |
| very proactive in supporting the development of a district-wide | 16 |
| safety-in-school initiative; the district has a comprehensive | 17 |
| program that includes both people and technology components and | 18 |
| offers programs in anti-bullying, drug awareness, gang | 19 |
| awareness, violence awareness, and character education; a | 20 |
| School Resource Officer program was developed and implemented, | 21 |
| and the district has utilized technology in all its buildings | 22 |
| to provide for physical security; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the KASPER board from 1993 to 2001, | 24 |
| and during that time, in partnership with the Schaumburg Park | 25 |
| District and the YMCA, the KASPER program was improved and | 26 |
| broadened; he is a strong supporter of the Schaumburg Township | 27 |
| Elementary School Foundation and currently serves as a trustee; | 28 |
| he is a strong advocate, not only for students, but also for | 29 |
| employees of the district, and he is a caring individual with a | 30 |
| dedication to serving his community; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Stewart is a retired professor of criminal |
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| justice at William Rainey Harper College, where he served for | 2 |
| 25 years and is currently professor emeritus and is a past | 3 |
| president of the Faculty Senate; he also is a past president of | 4 |
| Shelter, Inc., and helped ensure the opening of the Jennings | 5 |
| House in Schaumburg; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we congratulate Phillip C. Stewart on the occasion of his | 9 |
| retirement from the District 54 Board of Education, and we | 10 |
| thank him for his many years of service in education and to the | 11 |
| students, staff, and citizens of District 54; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to Mr. Stewart as an expression of our respect and | 14 |
| esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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