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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lynn McKinney is retiring as deputy superintendent |
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of the Aledo Independent School District in June 2023, drawing to a |
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close an exceptional career in education that has spanned nearly |
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four and a half decades; and |
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WHEREAS, The district's longest-tenured employee, Lynn |
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McKinney has served as deputy superintendent since 2011; she joined |
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Aledo ISD in 1986 as a first-grade teacher, and she went on to serve |
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as a sixth-grade resource teacher and vice principal at K-3 Aledo |
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Elementary and subsequently as vice principal and as the first |
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female principal of Aledo High School; after leading Aledo High for |
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almost a decade, she was promoted to district assistant |
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superintendent of curriculum and instruction and then to assistant |
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superintendent of special programs, a position she held for 10 |
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years before being appointed deputy superintendent; and |
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WHEREAS, Prior to joining Aledo ISD, Mrs. McKinney worked for |
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Teacher Corps, and she taught at Sam Houston High School in Houston |
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and at Campbell Elementary School in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Widely respected by her colleagues, Mrs. McKinney |
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was recognized as the Texas Association of Secondary School |
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Principals Region 11 Outstanding Secondary Principal for 1998, and |
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she was one of five state finalists for the TASSP State Secondary |
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Principal of the Year honor; engaged in her community, she received |
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the East Parker County Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year award |
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in 2000; retirement will afford her the opportunity to spend more |
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time with her family, which includes her husband, Randal, and their |
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two sons; and |
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WHEREAS, By helping countless young Texans acquire the |
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knowledge and skills necessary to succeed, Lynn McKinney has made |
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an immeasurable impact during her 37 years with Aledo ISD, and she |
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may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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hereby congratulate Lynn McKinney on her retirement as deputy |
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superintendent of the Aledo Independent School District and extend |
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to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. McKinney as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |