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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On April 25, 2005, Nancy Mabbott will be retiring
3 from service on the Orland School District 135 Board of
4 Education; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She served for eight years on the board, including
6 two years as Vice President and three years as Secretary; she
7 has chaired the Building and Community Relations committees and
8 served on the Finance, Planning, Education, and Policy
9 committees; she was District 135's liaison to the high school
10 district, and she participated in the Subcommittee on
11 Attendance Boundaries; and
 
12     WHEREAS, During her tenure with the board, District 135 has
13 seen many notable achievements; among them are the opening of
14 Meadow Ridge School, the completion of the Orland Junior High
15 School renovation, improvements to school libraries and
16 playgrounds, and maintaining quality environments in all 10
17 schools; she has been instrumental in the development and
18 implementation of a long-range plan for student achievement, as
19 well as in the evaluation and restructuring of all district
20 curriculums to align them with State standards and continue
21 consistency of instruction in all of the district's schools;
22 and
 
23     WHEREAS, Ms. Mabbott exemplifies the teamwork of the Board
24 of Education and the administration in allocating the
25 district's resources to maintain and enhance both programs and
26 facilities over the years, even in the face of dwindling
27 revenues, a dilemma that is affecting school districts
28 throughout the State; and
 
29     WHEREAS, She is married to Mike and is the mother of
30 Allison, Lindsay, and Ryan; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we congratulate Nancy Mabbott on the occasion of her retirement
4 from the Orland School District 135 Board of Education, and we
5 thank her for her dedicated service to the students of Orland
6 School District 135; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Ms. Mabbott as an expression of our respect and
9 esteem.