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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of James Deanes; and
 
4    WHEREAS, James Deanes was employed with the Chicago Public
5School system for almost 20 years in roles that included
6special assistant to the President of the Chicago Board of
7Education; he retired from CPS in 2013 as senior policy adviser
8for Local School Council relations; and
 
9    WHEREAS, James Deanes was a driving force behind the school
10reform movement that created the Local School Council model
11still largely in use today; he was appointed in 1987 by the
12late Mayor Harold Washington to lead the Parent Community
13Council, which helped persuade Illinois lawmakers to pass
14legislation creating the LSCs, giving parents more of a role in
15their children's education; and
 
16    WHEREAS, James Deanes was an active member of his
17community; he started youth baseball teams in the Austin
18neighborhood, led anti-drug marches on Saturday nights, and
19served on PTAs, councils, and other school organizations; and
 
20    WHEREAS, James Deanes was preceded in death by his wife,
21Evelyn; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, James Deanes is survived by his children, Kenya,
2Corey, James, Malcolm, and Denna; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his
5family and friends, mourn the passing of James Deanes; and be
6it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of James Deanes as an expression of our
9sympathy.