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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Shirley Jane Rollins, principal of J. C. Rugel |
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Elementary School in Mesquite, has deservedly been named the 2007 |
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Mesquite Independent School District Principal of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, The fourth of six children of Bert and Inez Rollins, |
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Shirley Rollins was born in Sulphur Springs on July 14, 1942; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Rollins began her own education in a one-room |
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school house in Ridgeway before moving with her family to Sulphur |
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Springs, where she attended local schools and graduated from high |
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school in 1959 at the age of 16; she went on to earn a bachelor's |
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degree from East Texas State University three years later, and, |
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since state law prohibited her from teaching here until she was 21, |
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she traveled to Oklahoma and taught there for two years; and |
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WHEREAS, She has been affiliated with Mesquite ISD since the |
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early 1960s, when she was hired as a teacher at the age of 21, and |
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she has excelled in her roles as both educator and administrator |
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during her illustrious four-decade tenure; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1966, Ms. Rollins added a master's degree in |
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education from East Texas State University to her growing list of |
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academic achievements; she has been recognized by Who's Who Among |
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America's Teachers and is also a member of the district's Apple |
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Corps Teachers; and |
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WHEREAS, As a teacher, assistant principal, and principal, |
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Shirley Jane Rollins has demonstrated remarkable devotion to |
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children and their education; she gains inspiration from her |
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beloved nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews, and her |
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dedication to excellence in education is indeed exemplary; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Shirley Jane Rollins on her |
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selection as the 2007 Mesquite Independent School District |
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Principal of the Year and commend her for her exceptional efforts in |
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support of the young people of Mesquite; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Rollins as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |