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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The city of Waco and the State of Texas lost a noted |
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educator and innovative school administrator with the passing of |
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Molly Maloy, who died on December 21, 2006, at the age of 60; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to L. H. Maloy, Jr., and Minnie Alice McBride |
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Maloy in Waco on November 5, 1946, Molly Maloy graduated from |
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Reicher Catholic High School and went on to receive her bachelor's |
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degree in teaching from Sam Houston State University and a master's |
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degree in education from Baylor University; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Maloy began teaching for the Waco Independent |
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School District in 1974; promoted to serve as an administrator, she |
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became principal of the Waco ISD Alternative School in 1983, and in |
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the late 1980s, she moved to the principal's office at the Carver |
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Sixth Grade School; there, she implemented a specialized |
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interdisciplinary curriculum for 1,000 sixth grade students, |
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developed STARS, a program for overage, at-risk students, and |
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oversaw Carver's transition to a magnet school; and |
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WHEREAS, Moving to the secondary school level, Ms. Maloy |
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became principal of Waco High School in 2000 and remained in that |
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position until her retirement from Waco ISD in 2004; she closed out |
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her career as the principal of her alma mater, Reicher Catholic High |
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School; and |
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WHEREAS, This exceptional educator was honored with numerous |
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commendations, including a YWCA Pathfinder Award and a Texas Mentor |
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School Principal Award and was named the Waco ISD principal of the |
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year, the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals middle |
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school principal of the year, and the TASSP Outstanding Principal |
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of Region 12; in addition, schools under her charge received |
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numerous honors, including the Texas School of Excellence Award and |
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the National School Change Award and recognition from the Blue |
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Ribbon Schools and Texas Mentor School programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Molly Maloy |
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will remember her as a dedicated educator who touched the lives of |
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thousands of individuals, both students and teachers, throughout |
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her stellar career, which spanned 32 years, and her innovative |
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style and record of success greatly enhanced the quality of |
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education in Waco-area schools; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Molly Maloy and extend |
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deepest sympathy to the members of her family: to her children, |
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Amanda Bradley and her husband, Max Hernandez, and Stacey Abraham |
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and her husband, Paul; to her grandchildren, Jillian Elise Abraham, |
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Bradley Miles Abraham, and Sean Hernandez; to her sisters, Betty |
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Davidson and her husband, Tom, Peggy O'Dell, and Penny Gifford and |
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her husband, John; to her brothers, William and Michael Maloy; and |
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to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Molly |
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Maloy. |