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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 970
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WHEREAS, Linda Robles Cardenas is retiring from the San Felipe |
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Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District on June 5, 2015, |
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concluding a rewarding career in public education that has spanned 35 |
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years; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Del Rio, Mrs. Cardenas graduated with |
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honors from Del Rio High School in 1973 and went on to receive her |
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bachelor's degree in education from Angelo State University in |
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1977; she returned to her hometown and taught for two years at Lamar |
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Elementary before deciding to resume her studies at Angelo State |
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and earning a bachelor's degree in business administration; after |
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spending two years with an accounting firm in Dallas, she decided |
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that her true calling lay in the classroom; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Cardenas was hired as a kindergarten teacher |
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at Travis Elementary School in 1982, and during her 17 years |
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there, she won the respect and admiration of her colleagues for |
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her dedication to helping her students excel; her reputation for |
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excellence in her work led to her reassignment to Dr. Lonnie |
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Green Elementary in 1999, and two years later, she transferred to |
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Buena Vista Elementary, where she has enjoyed teaching for the |
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past 14 years; and |
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WHEREAS, This talented educator was named the Walmart Teacher |
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of the Year in 2005, following her nomination by a principal and a |
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parent of one of her students, and the award was accompanied by a |
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donation to Buena Vista Elementary; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her 35 years of teaching, more |
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than 700 young Texans have benefited from Mrs. Cardenas's guidance |
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and influence, and she takes pride in counting physicians, |
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attorneys, engineers, television writers, community activists, and |
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fellow educators among those who once passed through her classroom; |
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in all her endeavors, she has enjoyed the love and support of her |
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husband, Ruben G. Cardenas, and her children, Lauren and Ruben; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her outstanding efforts as an educator, |
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Linda Cardenas has helped her students develop a foundation for a |
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successful future, and she may indeed reflect with satisfaction |
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on her achievements as she embarks on her well-deserved |
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retirement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby commend Linda Robles Cardenas for her |
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service to students of the Felipe Del Rio Consolidated |
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Independent School District and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness and fulfillment in the years to come; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Cardenas as an expression of high regard from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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Garcia |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 25, 2015. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |