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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Minerva Trujillo is concluding her tenure on the |
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Killeen Independent School District Board of Trustees in May 2021, |
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drawing to a close more than 40 years of service to the district as |
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an educator and trustee; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of New Mexico, Ms. Trujillo earned her |
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bachelor's degree at Eastern New Mexico University and her master's |
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degree at Auburn University; she moved to Killeen in 1980, when her |
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husband, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Trujillo, was |
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transferred to Fort Hood; and |
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WHEREAS, Soon after arriving in Texas, Ms. Trujillo embarked |
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upon a career with Killeen ISD that would eventually span 35 years, |
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and she served as a teacher, as an assistant principal, as |
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coordinator for Certified Personnel, and as principal of three |
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campuses, Willow Springs Elementary School, Maxdale Elementary |
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School, and Audie Murphy Middle School; she was named Administrator |
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of the Year by the Killeen Classroom Teachers Association in 1996 |
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and Region 12 Association of Texas Professional Administrator of |
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the Year in 1997; she retired from the district in 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Trujillo's husband was a three-term member of |
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the school board, and when he passed away in 2010, she was appointed |
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to complete his term; she remained on the board for 11 years, |
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earning the respect and admiration of her fellow board members as |
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well as teachers and parents in the district; she has also served on |
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the boards of the KISD Education Foundation and Communities in |
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Schools; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her many contributions in education, |
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Ms. Trujillo has served on the Killeen Housing Authority |
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Commissioners Board and the Board Development Committee of the Girl |
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Scouts of Central Texas; she is the recipient of numerous honors, |
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including a 1996 Texas Women of Distinction award from the |
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Bluebonnet Girl Scout Council, a 1997 Texas Women of Distinction |
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award from the Girl Scouts, and the 2001 Fort Hood Good Neighbor |
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Award; moreover, she is an active member of St. Joseph Catholic |
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Church; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Trujillo enjoys the love |
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and support of her three children, Dr. Laura A. Trujillo-Jenks, |
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U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Paul M. Trujillo, and Michelle C. |
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Trujillo; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Minerva Trujillo's |
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dedication, expertise, and commitment to excellence have greatly |
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benefited the students of Killeen ISD, and she may indeed reflect |
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with pride on her exemplary record of achievement as she embarks on |
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the next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Minerva Trujillo for her long record of |
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service to the Killeen Independent School District and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Trujillo as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |