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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Ruben Saenz of Rio Grande City has rendered |
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exceptional service to area residents as an administrator for the |
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Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District and for |
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South Texas College; and |
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WHEREAS, Raised in San Isidro, Mr. Saenz graduated from San |
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Isidro High School in 1955 and subsequently enlisted in the |
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U.S. Air Force; he completed his military service and went on to |
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earn a bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Pan |
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American University and a master's degree in school administration |
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from Texas A&I University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Saenz began his notable career as an educator in |
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1960 as a teacher and coach for the Rio Grande City CISD; he was |
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named principal of Rio Grande City Elementary School in 1969, and he |
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later served as principal of Rio Grande City High School for 17 |
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years before holding the same position at Brown Middle School in |
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McAllen; he was appointed superintendent of Rio Grande City schools |
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in 1992, and in that role he fostered a supportive and challenging |
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educational environment for all the children in the district; he |
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subsequently drew on his wealth of administrative experience as a |
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dean at the South Texas College Starr County Campus, a position he |
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held for several years until his retirement in 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in a number of professional organizations, |
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Mr. Saenz served as president of the Rio Grande City CISD Classroom |
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Teachers Association, where he helped to secure teacher contracts |
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and to establish the health insurance program for district |
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employees; he has also served as the first Hispanic president of the |
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Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, and he has |
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chaired the Texas School Administrators Council; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Saenz is a valued and longtime congregant of |
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First United Methodist Church in Rio Grande City; he has been a |
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member of the local Lions Club for more than a half-century, and he |
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previously served as a baseball coach for the Rio Grande City Little |
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League; in addition, he has distinguished himself as chair of the |
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Starr County Fair Association Scholarship Committee and as a member |
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and past worshipful master of Hope Lodge No. 471; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Saenz has made immeasurable contributions to |
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the Rio Grande City CISD, South Texas College, and his community as |
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a whole, and he may take justifiable pride in his many important |
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achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Ruben Saenz for the outstanding |
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leadership he has provided to the Rio Grande City Consolidated |
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Independent School District and South Texas College and extend to |
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him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Saenz as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |