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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 265
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WHEREAS, Lynn McKinney is retiring as deputy |
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superintendent of the Aledo Independent School District in June |
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2023, drawing to a close an exceptional career in education that |
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has spanned nearly four and a half decades; and |
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WHEREAS, The district's longest-tenured employee, Lynn |
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McKinney has served as deputy superintendent since 2011; she |
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joined Aledo ISD in 1986 as a first-grade teacher, and she went |
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on to serve as a sixth-grade resource teacher and vice |
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principal at K-3 Aledo Elementary and subsequently as vice |
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principal and as the first female principal of Aledo High |
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School; after leading Aledo High for almost a decade, she was |
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promoted to district assistant superintendent of curriculum |
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and instruction and then to assistant superintendent of |
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special programs, a position she held for 10 years before being |
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appointed deputy superintendent; and |
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WHEREAS, Prior to joining Aledo ISD, Mrs. McKinney worked |
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for Teacher Corps, and she taught at Sam Houston High School in |
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Houston and at Campbell Elementary School in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Widely respected by her colleagues, Mrs. McKinney |
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was recognized as the Texas Association of Secondary School |
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Principals Region 11 Outstanding Secondary Principal for 1998, |
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and she was one of five state finalists for the TASSP State |
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Secondary Principal of the Year honor; engaged in her community, |
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she received the East Parker County Chamber of Commerce Woman of |
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the Year award in 2000; retirement will afford her the |
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opportunity to spend more time with her family, which includes |
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her husband, Randal, and their two sons; and |
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WHEREAS, By helping countless young Texans acquire the |
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knowledge and skills necessary to succeed, Lynn McKinney has made |
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an immeasurable impact during her 37 years with Aledo ISD, and |
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she may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate Lynn McKinney on her retirement |
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as deputy superintendent of the Aledo Independent School |
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District and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. McKinney as an expression of high regard from |
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the Texas Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 1, 2023. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |