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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Humble lost a beloved community |
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leader with the death of retired Humble Independent School District |
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superintendent Dr. Guy M. Sconzo on April 21, 2020; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1952, Guy Sconzo |
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earned a bachelor's degree in English literature and secondary |
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education from Wagner College, a master's degree in educational |
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administration from New York University, and a Ph.D. in educational |
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administration from The Ohio State University; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Sconzo began his exemplary 44-year career in |
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education as a high school English teacher before moving into |
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administration; he was a school superintendent for a total of 26 |
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years, serving as superintendent of the Middletown Township Public |
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Schools in New Jersey and the Nordonia Hills City School District in |
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Ohio and as acting superintendent in Oklahoma City before becoming |
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superintendent of the Humble Independent School District in 2001; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his 15-year tenure with Humble |
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ISD, Dr. Sconzo helped oversee the opening of 14 new campuses to |
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accommodate the district's rapid growth from 23,000 to more than |
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41,000 students; in 2007, he was named the Texas Association of |
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School Administrators Superintendent of the Year as well as TASA's |
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nominee for National Superintendent of the Year; he was named |
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Region 4 Superintendent of the Year in 2013, and under his |
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leadership, Humble ISD was named Best Large School District in the |
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2015 H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards program; after retiring |
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in 2016, he served as executive director of the Fast Growth School |
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Coalition; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his many professional achievements, |
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Dr. Sconzo further contributed to his community through his service |
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on the boards of the Flaming Arrow District of the Boy Scouts of |
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America, Humble Area Assistance Ministries, Humble |
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Intercontinental Rotary Club, and the Lake Houston Area Chamber of |
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Commerce; in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, he helped lead the |
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Recover Lake Houston project, and he gamely discoed and tap-danced |
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on stage to benefit children in the Lake Houston Family YMCA Dancing |
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for Partners event; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Sconzo was a loving husband to his wife, Diane, |
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and he took great pride in his children, Michael and Jennifer, and |
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his grandchildren, Milana, Noah, Benjamin, and Isabelle; a man of |
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great warmth and kindness, he had a unique talent for remembering |
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the names of everyone he met, and he was known for his kind |
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handwritten notes and the charity dinner parties he hosted in his |
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home; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted family man and an admired educator and |
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administrator, Guy Sconzo lived a rich and purposeful life |
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dedicated to the service of countless students over the years, and |
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he leaves behind a legacy that will continue to inspire all those |
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who knew him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Guy M. Sconzo |
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and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many friends; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Guy Sconzo. |
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Huberty |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 13 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on March 10, 2021. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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