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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Education is one of the most noble pursuits one
3 can choose in life; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Sherry R. Eagle, Superintendent of Schools for
5 Aurora West School District 129, will be retiring after 34
6 years in education; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Dr. Eagle received her B.A. in elementary
8 education with honors in 1970; she earned an M.S.T. in reading
9 education/curriculum development with honors in 1974 and a
10 C.A.S. in educational administration/curriculum development
11 with honors in 1982; she earned her Ed.D. in leadership and
12 educational policy studies with honors in 1994; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Dr. Eagle began her teaching career at Caroline
14 Sibley Elementary School in Calumet City in 1971 as a third
15 grade teacher; she was a reading specialist from 1975 to 1985
16 at Thornwood High School, where she worked as Assistant
17 Principal for Curriculum and Special Education from 1985 to
18 1989; she has served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Aurora
19 University since 1995; in 1989, she became the Assistant
20 Superintendent for Curriculum of the Aurora West School
21 District 129, where she has served as Superintendent of Schools
22 since 1993; and
 
23     WHEREAS, During her educational career, Dr. Eagle has
24 several noted accomplishments; she designed and implemented
25 PreK-12 programs in reading, mathematics, sciences, social
26 studies, fine arts, physical education, foreign language,
27 health occupations, and technology; she created high school and
28 middle school alternative education schools in partnership
29 with the City of Aurora, East Aurora School District, Indian
30 Prairie School District, and the Quad County Urban League that
31 have virtually eliminated the need for expulsion of students;

 

 

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1 she changed the District bond rating from Baa to A+, which
2 resulted in savings of several hundred thousand dollars for
3 taxpayers; and
 
4     WHEREAS, She implemented partnerships that maximize School
5 District 129's human and fiscal resources; she has managed the
6 District budget that has tripled in revenues; under her
7 leadership two new elementary schools and two new middle
8 schools were designed and constructed, five new additions were
9 built, renovations of all district buildings were conducted,
10 and she was responsible for acquiring land and equipment
11 totaling over $150,000,000; she developed and implemented the
12 School District 129 Read With Me Foundation to promote a
13 community reading campaign and produced and directed three Leap
14 Year Follies, raising $25,000 for the Foundation for the West
15 Aurora Schools; and
 
16     WHEREAS, She has been the recipient of several awards and
17 honors; she was a member of Pi Lambda Theta National Honor
18 Society at the University of Chicago; she received the Friend
19 of Education Award from the Illinois Education Association in
20 1987; she was an NIU Candidate for AASA Outstanding Graduate
21 Student in 1992; she was named one of the Women of Distinction
22 by the YWCA in 1993, received the Leading Us in Commerce and
23 Industry Award in 1998, the Break the Mold Superintendent by
24 the Illinois State Board of Education in 2001, the Quad County
25 Urban League Leadership Award in 2002, the League of United
26 Latin American Citizens "Excellence in Education Award" in
27 2004, and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Aurora
28 University in 2004; and
 
29     WHEREAS, Dr. Eagle is very active in her community and
30 State and has been a presenter and commencement speaker at
31 several notable events; therefore, be it
 
32     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE

 

 

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1 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we congratulate Dr. Sherry R. Eagle on the occasion of her
3 retirement, and we thank her for many years devoted to the
4 education of students; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Dr. Eagle as an expression of our respect and
7 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.