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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Patrice Lanette Allen graduated with a master of |
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business administration degree from Lamar University on May 13, |
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2021; and |
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WHEREAS, An admired educator, Dr. Allen has served James S. |
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Deady Middle School in Houston as an assistant principal during the |
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2020-2021 school year; in addition, she works with the 6th Grade and |
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ELA/ELL Teams and serves as the Title 1, secondary testing, and |
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safety coordinator; she began her career teaching English at |
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Phillis Wheatley High School and advanced to serve as a literacy |
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instructional specialist and as the campus discipline and safety |
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coordinator; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Allen also holds a bachelor's degree in |
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sociology from Baylor University, a master's degree in counseling |
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education from the University of Houston-Victoria, and a doctoral |
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degree in educational leadership from Prairie View A&M University; |
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she has conducted research on African American women serving as |
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school superintendents and aspiring to that role, and she presented |
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her research at the 2015 Research Association of Minority |
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Professors Conference; in addition, she has co-authored research on |
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Ph.D. programs in historically Black colleges and universities; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Clothild Allen and Lawrence Allen |
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Jr., Dr. Allen spent most of her early years with her grandmother, |
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State Representative Dr. Alma Allen, who instilled in her the |
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importance of education; the younger Dr. Allen is supported in all |
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her endeavors by the love and encouragement of her fiancé, Jae D. |
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Brown, and she is the proud mother of three children, Jaedis, |
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Jaelauryn, and Jaeson; and |
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WHEREAS, Patrice Allen has demonstrated an exceptional |
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commitment to excellence in the pursuit of her academic goals, and |
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in so doing, she has earned the respect and admiration of all who |
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are privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Patrice Lanette Allen on her |
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receipt of a master's degree in business administration from Lamar |
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University and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Allen as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |