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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Lynn Burton is retiring as superintendent of the |
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Orange Grove Independent School District on June 30, 2017, drawing |
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to a close an outstanding career in public education that has |
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spanned four decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A 1971 graduate of Sherman High School, Mr. Burton |
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earned a bachelor's degree in political science and history from |
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Baylor University and a master's degree in education from North |
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Texas State University; he developed an interest in teaching after |
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taking a job as a substitute, and he went on to work as a teacher and |
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coach at Nocona ISD before transitioning into administration with |
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assistant principal posts at schools in Grapevine; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Burton served as a high school principal in Van |
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Alstyne from 1982 to 1987 and subsequently spent five years with the |
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Region IX Education Service Center in Wichita Falls, where he |
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specialized in technology and administrator training; he accepted |
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his first superintendent position with Harrold ISD in 1994, and he |
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served in the same role with the Mt. Vernon and Cooper school |
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districts and as an assistant superintendent for districts in |
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Odessa and Sherman; and |
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WHEREAS, This skilled administrator became superintendent of |
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Orange Grove ISD in 2009; during his tenure, the district attained |
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notably high accountability ratings, its first-ever perfect score |
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in the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, and an A+ rating |
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from Standard & Poor's, the highest in district history; deeply |
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committed to financial planning, Mr. Burton also implemented $3.6 |
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million in facility improvements in the district; in 2015, his |
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leadership skills won recognition when he was named the Regional |
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Superintendent of the Year by the Region II Education Service |
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Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in his professional community, Mr. Burton |
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has served the Texas Association of School Administrators as an |
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executive committee member, as a regional advisory committee chair, |
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and as a mentor to other superintendents; he has also been involved |
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in the South Texas Association of Schools and the Texas Rural |
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Education Association, among numerous other organizations; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his long and distinguished |
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career, Lynn Burton's commitment to the highest standards of his |
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profession has benefited countless young Texans, and he may indeed |
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reflect with pride on his many achievements as he embarks on the |
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next exciting chapter of his life; 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 Lynn Burton on his retirement as |
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superintendent of the Orange Grove Independent School District and |
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extend to him 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 Mr. Burton as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |