R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The recent retirement of Al Harris from his position 1-2 as principal of Moore Middle School has brought to a close a 1-3 distinguished career in education, and he is indeed deserving of 1-4 special recognition at this time; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The Texas Association of Secondary School 1-6 Principals' 1991 Principal of the Year and the corecipient of the 1-7 Masons' 1995 Texas Educator of the Year award, Mr. Harris joined 1-8 the faculty of Moore Middle School as a science teacher and coach 1-9 in 1970; before his tenure at Moore, Mr. Harris worked in a similar 1-10 capacity at Wood County's Mineola High School; and 1-11 WHEREAS, This respected educator served as head football 1-12 coach and assistant coach for the basketball, baseball, and track 1-13 teams, and he had the good fortune of coaching future football 1-14 Hall-of-Famer Earl Campbell; he also distinguished himself as a 1-15 model teacher whom students appreciated and respected; and 1-16 WHEREAS, In 1980, Mr. Harris moved into the position of 1-17 principal at Moore, and he soon introduced a new approach that saw 1-18 immediate results in the school's overall scholastic achievement; 1-19 Moore's faculty, staff, and students were duly recognized after the 1-20 1989-1990 school year for having the most improved test scores in 1-21 Texas, and in 1993, Moore Middle School received the governor's 1-22 outstanding school award; and 1-23 WHEREAS, Mr. Harris based his administrative philosophy on 1-24 high expectations for teachers and students and the maintaining of 2-1 discipline among the students; he also instituted curricular and 2-2 extracurricular programs that focused on the skills necessary to 2-3 excel on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills exam; and 2-4 WHEREAS, Mr. Harris has retired to Hawkins, where he plans to 2-5 raise cattle on his ranch, and although his well-deserved 2-6 retirement from Moore Middle School represents a great loss to the 2-7 Tyler Independent School District, his legacy will no doubt carry 2-8 on, and his many good works and notable achievements will not soon 2-9 be forgotten; now, therefore, be it 2-10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-11 Legislature hereby honor Al Harris on his retirement as principal 2-12 of Moore Middle School and extend to him sincere best wishes for 2-13 continued success and happiness in the future; and, be it further 2-14 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-15 prepared for Mr. Harris as an expression of high regard by the 2-16 Texas House of Representatives. Kamel _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 523 was adopted by the House on April 18, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House