Full Text of HR0606 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Jose Barrera on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as principal of Columbia Explorers | 5 | | Academy; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera graduated from Pulaski Elementary | 7 | | School, Tuley High School, and the School of the Art Institute | 8 | | of Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera began as a bilingual teacher at | 10 | | Robert Burns Elementary School and James Shields Elementary | 11 | | School; he then became the bilingual coordinator and later | 12 | | assistant principal of James Shields Elementary School; in | 13 | | December of 2000, he became the principal of Columbia Explorers | 14 | | Academy; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera was twice awarded the Principal | 16 | | Leadership Award from the Chicago Board of Education; he also | 17 | | received the Superior Public Service Award for the City of | 18 | | Chicago from the Chicago Board of Education; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera has exhibited his work at the Day of | 20 | | the Dead Exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art and at | 21 | | the Bare Walls Exhibit for the School of the Art Institute of |
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| 1 | | Chicago; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera has served as police officer and a | 3 | | SWAT officer and has trained with the Cook County Sheriff's | 4 | | Police, the Chicago Police, the Illinois State Police, and the | 5 | | FBI; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera and his wife, Evelyn, have 3 | 7 | | children, Michelle (Edward) Melone, Jennifer (Mark) Madden, | 8 | | and Jose, Jr. Barrera, and 4 grandchildren, Lorenzo, Marco, | 9 | | Mikayla, and Mikenna; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | congratulate Jose Barrera on his retirement as principal of | 13 | | Columbia Explorers Academy and we wish him the best in all his | 14 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to | 17 | | Jose Barrera as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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