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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The public school superintendents of Texas House |
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District 117 have worked tirelessly to advance the quality of area |
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schools and provide students with a supportive and challenging |
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educational environment; and |
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WHEREAS, Collectively serving more than 120,000 students, |
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these six superintendents will graduate approximately 2,100 |
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seniors from their schools in 2011; together, these administrators |
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have more than 158 years of experience in their field; and |
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WHEREAS, The superintendent of the Lytle Independent School |
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District, Michelle Carroll-Smith, has been a part of the district |
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since she began first grade there over three decades ago; her |
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grandparents and parents also attended Lytle schools, and her own |
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children are now enrolled in the district; she has been an educator |
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for 24 years and became the superintendent in 2000, overseeing 266 |
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employees, more than 1,700 students, and 4 campuses, including a |
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state-of-the-art junior high school; and |
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WHEREAS, James Stansberry is the superintendent of the Medina |
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Valley Independent School District, serving since 2007 and |
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overseeing 5 campuses, 445 employees, and more than 3,300 students; |
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he began his career 13 years ago with Huntington ISD, and he has |
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also been the superintendent of the Dawson and George West |
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districts; and |
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WHEREAS, Northside Independent School District |
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superintendent Dr. John Folks has been in the education field for |
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four decades; leading the district since 2002, he is responsible |
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for 110 campuses, nearly 13,000 employees, and almost 95,000 |
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students; and |
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WHEREAS, Saul Hinojosa is the superintendent of the Somerset |
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Independent School District, the largest employer in the city of |
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Somerset with over 600 faculty and staff members and nearly 3,800 |
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students on 6 campuses; he has been in education for 18 years, with |
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7 years' service in the district; and |
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WHEREAS, The Southside Independent School District is ably |
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guided by Dr. Juan Antonio Jasso, who became superintendent in |
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2007; supervising more than 5,000 students and some 750 employees, |
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he draws on his previous experience as superintendent of the Van |
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Vlek and Sabinal ISDs in his present post; he also founded the |
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award-winning Harlandale Extended Learning Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Lloyd Verstuyft has been the superintendent of |
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the Southwest Independent School District since 2010; with 32 years |
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in the district as a student and an educator, he is now in charge of |
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13 schools and approximately 11,500 students; and |
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WHEREAS, Those Texans who devote themselves to the education |
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of our state's young people are truly deserving of our profound |
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gratitude and admiration, and their contributions benefit not only |
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their districts but their communities and beyond; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the superintendents of Texas House |
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District 117 and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued |
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success with their important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for these outstanding administrators as an expression of |
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high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Garza |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1819 was adopted by the House on May |
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10, 2011, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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