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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Latin teacher Ann Price Ouzts is retiring from |
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MacArthur High School in Irving in June 2023, drawing to a close an |
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extraordinary career in education that has spanned nearly six |
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decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Price Ouzts knew early on that she wanted to be a |
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teacher, and as an elementary school student she came home from |
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school and taught her dolls what she had learned that day; in |
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college, she noticed how crowded her history and English classes |
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were but how sparsely attended her Latin class was, and came to the |
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conclusion that it would be easier to get a job as a Latin |
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instructor; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Price Ouzts began teaching in the 1960s, and in |
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1969, she joined the faculty of MacArthur High School, where she has |
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taught Latin ever since; she tried to retire once before but |
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returned within two years, and, at the age of 83, she is the Irving |
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Independent School District's only Latin teacher; several of her |
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former students are now veteran teachers in the district |
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themselves; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the better part of 60 years, Ann Price Ouzts has |
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provided a positive and inspiring learning environment for |
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generations of young Texans, and she has earned the lasting |
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admiration and affection of all who are privileged to know her; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Ann Price Ouzts on her retirement |
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from the Irving Independent School District and bid her a fond |
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farewell and best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Price Ouzts as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |