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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Kay Whitton is an exemplary teacher at Jim Ned High |
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School in Tuscola, and her outstanding efforts in support of the |
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school's UIL academic team merit special praise; and |
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WHEREAS, At the UIL state academic meet in Austin, held May |
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3-5, 2007, Mrs. Whitton coached her students to the individual and |
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team championships in accounting, making Jim Ned one of only two |
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schools to ever win the state accounting team championship; the |
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coach of the only UIL state champions in Jim Ned High School |
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history, she also coaches students in spelling and vocabulary, |
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social studies, and literary criticism; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Whitton's students have advanced to the state |
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UIL academic meet in each of the past seven years, and from 2005 to |
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2007, this talented teacher coached five regional championship |
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teams and four state runners-up; notably, she has coached 14 teams |
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to district championships during the past decade; and |
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WHEREAS, In tribute to her excellence as a teacher and coach, |
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Mrs. Whitton received the Optimist Unlimited Teacher of the Year |
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Award in 2004, the Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction Award in 2005, |
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the UIL Sponsor Excellence Award in 2006, and the KRBC Elite |
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Educator Award in 2007; and |
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WHEREAS, Kay Whitton has a passion for teaching that has |
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benefited countless young Texans, and her hard work and dedication |
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are most appreciated by the citizens of the Lone Star State; 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 commend Kay Whitton for her work with the UIL |
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academic team at Jim Ned High School in Tuscola and extend to her |
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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. Whitton as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |