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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Mira Weber on her | ||||||
| 4 | impressive tenure as principal at Agassiz Elementary School; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Mira Weber began her teaching career in 1999 as a | ||||||
| 7 | special education teacher in Chicago; in January 2000, she | ||||||
| 8 | transferred to Agassiz Elementary School, where she spent the | ||||||
| 9 | next six years, three teaching special education students in | ||||||
| 10 | middle school and then three teaching general education | ||||||
| 11 | primary age students; she completed her principal residency | ||||||
| 12 | with LAUNCH (Leadership Academy and Urban Network Chicago) and | ||||||
| 13 | became the principal at Agassiz Elementary School; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, During her time as principal of Agassiz | ||||||
| 15 | Elementary School, Mira Weber has doubled its enrollment, | ||||||
| 16 | maintained a diverse student body, served families from over | ||||||
| 17 | 40 Chicagoland zip codes, completed over seven million dollars | ||||||
| 18 | in capital renovations, and gained authorization as an IB | ||||||
| 19 | World School PreK-8th, one of only nine in CPS; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Through Mira Webers's leadership, Agassiz | ||||||
| 21 | Elementary School became the first CPS school to address its | ||||||
| 22 | namesake's history of racism through a student-based inquiry | ||||||
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| 1 | process; she spearheaded a campaign to rename the school after | ||||||
| 2 | someone who would offer inspiration to the students and | ||||||
| 3 | community; after taking into account student, parent, and | ||||||
| 4 | staff opinions, the school is in transition to become Harriet | ||||||
| 5 | Tubman School; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Mira Weber grew up in Minnesota and was the | ||||||
| 7 | oldest child of three; her siblings have multiple disabilities | ||||||
| 8 | that heavily impacted their education and educational | ||||||
| 9 | experiences, and it was through them and through watching her | ||||||
| 10 | parents advocate for them that the foundation for her belief | ||||||
| 11 | in the rights and high expectations for all children was | ||||||
| 12 | formed; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Mira Weber has two boys of her own, ages 9 and 10, | ||||||
| 14 | who attend Agassiz Elementary school, and she will forever be | ||||||
| 15 | invested in her community; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we congratulate Mira Weber on her impressive tenure as | ||||||
| 19 | principal at Agassiz Elementary School, and we wish her the | ||||||
| 20 | best in all her future endeavors; and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to Mira Weber as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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