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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Verna George Brown Mitchell was inducted into the |
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African American Educators Hall of Fame on April 18, 2015; and |
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WHEREAS, The hall of fame is part of the African American |
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Education Archives and History Program, which since its founding in |
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2002 has focused on the vital role that education plays in the |
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African American experience in Dallas County; the organization |
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preserves important artifacts, documents, visual images, and oral |
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accounts, and its African American Educators Hall of Fame raises |
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public awareness of the significant contributions made by teachers, |
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administrators, librarians, and others; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Mitchell worked as a teacher and principal of a |
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number of Dallas ISD schools before assuming the role of district |
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administrator, where she supported operations in the East Oak Cliff |
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subdistrict and was the program manager for the Office of |
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Discipline and Student Services; she retired after 35 years of |
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dedicated service, but she continued to encourage students and held |
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leadership positions with Dallas Can Academy and Mount Hebron |
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Christian Academy; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her notable tenure, Ms. Mitchell oversaw |
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a number of developments in the district, including the |
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implementation of the after-school program at Thomas Tolbert |
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Elementary School, for which it earned designation as a national |
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site for the Lights On Afterschool program; she was selected to |
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attend The Principals' Center at the Harvard Graduate School of |
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Education, and Governor Ann Richards appointed her to serve on the |
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State ESEA committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her outstanding accomplishments, Verna |
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Mitchell has made a positive difference in the lives of countless |
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Texans, and she may take justifiable pride in this prestigious |
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accolade; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Verna George Brown Mitchell on her |
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induction into the African American Educators Hall of Fame and |
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extend to her sincere 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 Ms. Mitchell as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |