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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Leander Independent School District Superintendent |
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Tom Glenn is retiring at the end of the year, bringing to a close an |
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impressive career of service in behalf of students and their |
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families in Central Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Lake Jackson, Tom Glenn studied |
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education at Texas A&M University, receiving a bachelor's degree in |
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elementary education in 1973 and a master's in educational |
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administration in 1977; in 1985, he earned his superintendent's |
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certification from Southwest Texas State University; and |
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WHEREAS, A veteran educator with 33 years of experience, Mr. |
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Glenn started as a fourth-grade teacher in the College Station |
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Independent School District; he came to the Leander Independent |
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School District in 1979 as director of community education, holding |
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several administrative positions before becoming superintendent of |
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LISD in 1987; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn has been the steady hand on the tiller as |
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LISD has undergone nearly 20 years of unprecedented growth; when he |
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began as superintendent, the district had only 4,589 students, 662 |
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employees, and five schools, and now there are nearly 25,000 |
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students, over 3,000 employees, and 28 schools; LISD continues to |
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gain 2,500 students a year, making it one of the fastest-growing |
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school districts in the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, In five undefeated bond elections, Mr. Glenn proved |
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the confidence of the Leander community and oversaw the approval of |
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over $700 million in bond packages for the district, while managing |
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a budget of more than $100 million; under his leadership 16 of the |
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district's campuses last year earned the top two ratings for |
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student graduation rates and scores on the Texas Assessment of |
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Knowledge and Skills; during developmental years he has also been |
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instrumental in charting a course through the district's guiding |
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documents, such as the Purpose and Graduate Profile, the 10 Ethical |
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Principles, the Leander Way Diagram, and the Leander Learning |
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Model; and |
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WHEREAS, Tom Glenn has earned the respect and affection of |
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the children, parents, teachers, and staff of Leander schools for |
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his calm stewardship during a dynamic period of growth; he has led |
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an outstanding group of educators in making the Leander Independent |
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School District one of the top school districts in the state, and he |
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is most deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Tom Glenn upon his retirement as |
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superintendent of Leander ISD, thank him for decades of public |
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service, and offer best wishes to him for this new beginning in his |
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life; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Glenn as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |