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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Wanda Adams was named the 2017 president of the |
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Houston Independent School District Board of Education; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has served on the Houston ISD |
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Board since 2013, and she was elected president by unanimous vote; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Houston and graduate of Kashmere High |
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School, Ms. Adams earned a bachelor's degree in public affairs and |
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a master's degree in public administration from Texas Southern |
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University, where she is now a professor of political science; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her distinguished tenure in |
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public service, Ms. Adams has contributed her time and talents to |
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the Houston Housing Authority, the Mental Health Mental Retardation |
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Authority of Harris County, and the Mayor's Citizens Assistance |
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Office; moreover, she served for six years on the Houston City |
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Council, and she was the first African American woman appointed to |
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the Harris County Appraisal District Board of Directors; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Adams has further given back to her fellow |
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residents by volunteering her time with such organizations as the |
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Houston Area Women's Center, YMCA, YWCA, Keep Houston Beautiful, |
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and Meals on Wheels; she is also a proud member of the Delta Sigma |
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Theta Sorority and a Sunday school teacher and international |
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missionary at The Fountain of Praise church; and |
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WHEREAS, Among her many honors, Ms. Adams received the |
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Elected Official of the Year Award from the Houston Area |
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Association for the Education of Young Children, and she was named |
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one of the Top 50 Women in Houston by Houston Woman Magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, Public education is an endeavor in which all Texans |
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have a stake, and through her devotion to the development of our |
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young people, Wanda Adams is helping to ensure that the future of |
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the Lone Star State rests in capable hands; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Wanda Adams on her election as |
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president of the Houston Independent School District Board of |
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Education and extend to her sincere best wishes for a successful |
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tenure; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Adams as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |