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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Phillip C. Stewart was first elected to the
3 District 54 Board of Education on November 2, 1993; he was
4 re-elected twice and his current term expires on April 21,
5 2005; Mr. Stewart has announced his retirement from the
6 District 54 Board of Education; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Mr. Stewart has served on several committees while
8 a member of the school board; he is currently a member of the
9 Schaumburg Township Elementary School Foundation and
10 previously served on the Budget Committee, KASPER (a Kids After
11 School Program), the Legislative Networking Committee, and
12 Safe Schools/Responsible Students Committee; and
 
13     WHEREAS, School safety has been a very important issue to
14 Mr. Stewart during his tenure as a board member; he has been
15 very proactive in supporting the development of a district-wide
16 safety-in-school initiative; the district has a comprehensive
17 program that includes both people and technology components and
18 offers programs in anti-bullying, drug awareness, gang
19 awareness, violence awareness, and character education; a
20 School Resource Officer program was developed and implemented,
21 and the district has utilized technology in all its buildings
22 to provide for physical security; and
 
23     WHEREAS, He served on the KASPER board from 1993 to 2001,
24 and during that time, in partnership with the Schaumburg Park
25 District and the YMCA, the KASPER program was improved and
26 broadened; he is a strong supporter of the Schaumburg Township
27 Elementary School Foundation and currently serves as a trustee;
28 he is a strong advocate, not only for students, but also for
29 employees of the district, and he is a caring individual with a
30 dedication to serving his community; and
 
31     WHEREAS, Mr. Stewart is a retired professor of criminal

 

 

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1 justice at William Rainey Harper College, where he served for
2 25 years and is currently professor emeritus and is a past
3 president of the Faculty Senate; he also is a past president of
4 Shelter, Inc., and helped ensure the opening of the Jennings
5 House in Schaumburg; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8 we congratulate Phillip C. Stewart on the occasion of his
9 retirement from the District 54 Board of Education, and we
10 thank him for his many years of service in education and to the
11 students, staff, and citizens of District 54; and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to Mr. Stewart as an expression of our respect and
14 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.