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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Pam Bendorf is retiring as principal of Nell Burks |
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Elementary School in McKinney in December 2017, concluding an |
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exemplary career in education that has spanned more than a quarter |
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century; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Bendorf graduated with a bachelor's degree in |
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education from the University of North Texas in 1989; she joined the |
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Anna Independent School District as a fifth-grade teacher in 1990, |
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and eight years later, she accepted a position as a sixth-grade |
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reading instructor and learning management system/instructional |
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designer in the Allen Independent School District; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning her master's degree in educational |
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leadership from Texas Woman's University in 2001, Ms. Bendorf |
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transitioned to school administration, serving the McKinney |
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Independent School District as assistant principal of Earl |
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Slaughter Elementary School; she was appointed principal of Burks |
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Elementary in 2006, and during her 11-year tenure in that position, |
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she has benefited the school's faculty, staff, and students through |
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her outstanding leadership and vision; and |
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WHEREAS, Pam Bendorf has made a positive difference in the |
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lives of countless young Texans, and she may indeed reflect with |
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pride on her many professional accomplishments as she begins the |
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next exciting chapter of her 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 Pam Bendorf on the occasion of her |
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retirement as principal of Burks Elementary School and extend to |
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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. Bendorf as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1619 was adopted by the House on May |
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4, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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