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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On April 25, 2005, Priscilla Galgan will be
3 retiring from service on the Orland School District 135 Board
4 of Education; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She served on the board for five years, during
6 which time she chaired the Policy Committee and served on the
7 Building, Education, and Negotiations committees; she was also
8 the district's representative to the State and national school
9 board associations; and
 
10     WHEREAS, During her tenure with the board, District 135 has
11 seen many notable achievements; among them are the opening of
12 Meadow Ridge School, the completion of the Orland Junior High
13 School renovation, improvements to school libraries and
14 playgrounds, and maintaining quality environments in all 10
15 schools; she has been instrumental in the development and
16 implementation of a long-range plan for student achievement, as
17 well as in the evaluation and restructuring of all district
18 curriculums to align them with State standards and continue
19 consistency of instruction in all of the district's schools;
20 and
 
21     WHEREAS, Ms. Galgan exemplifies the teamwork of the Board
22 of Education and the administration in allocating the
23 district's resources to maintain and enhance both programs and
24 facilities over the years, even in the face of dwindling
25 revenues, a dilemma that is affecting school districts
26 throughout the State; and
 
27     WHEREAS, She is married to Greg and is the mother of Jeff
28 and Mike; therefore, be it
 
29     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
30 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that

 

 

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1 we congratulate Priscilla Galgan on the occasion of her
2 retirement from the Orland School District 135 Board of
3 Education, and we thank her for her dedicated service to the
4 students of Orland School District 135; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to Ms. Galgan as an expression of our respect and
7 esteem.