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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Dr. Michael Anderson of Spring Grove is retiring
3 from his position as Superintendent of Schools of Lake Villa
4 School District #41 after 36 years in education; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson is a graduate of Chillicothe High
6 School, Wartburg College (Bachelor of Arts, English), Northern
7 Illinois University (Master of Science - Education,
8 Counseling), and National Louis University (Doctor of
9 Education); he has also studied at Northern Illinois
10 University; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He began his career as an English teacher at Tefft
12 Junior High School in Streamwood, went on to serve as a college
13 and career counselor at Warren Township High School in Gurnee,
14 as Vocational Coordinator and Deputy Director at Lake County
15 Area Vocational Center (LCAVC), as Director of Personnel and
16 Public Relations and Assistant Superintendent of Instruction
17 for Freeport School District #145, and as Superintendent of
18 Schools for Quincy School District #172; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson has served at District #41 since
20 1999; during his tenure he had several major accomplishments;
21 he supervised five district-wide curriculum reviews and
22 adoptions, including social science, fine arts, math, language
23 arts, and science; advanced the use of technology throughout
24 the district to include additional computers in labs, wireless
25 access, and phone system upgrades; instituted a personnel
26 recognition and appreciation program for all district
27 employees; built Martin School and an addition to Palombi
28 Middle School for a new administrative center, board room,
29 classrooms, and main office area for the school; purchased
30 several properties; equalized student attendance center
31 populations by changing school boundaries; received a
32 Certificate of Financial Recognition from the State Board of

 

 

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1 Education; secured grants; established a strong relationship
2 with Lake Villa Township, including an intergovernmental
3 agreement for common use of property at Martin School; and did
4 many things to improve the safety of the Lake Villa School
5 District #41 schools; and
 
6     WHEREAS, He is a member of the Illinois Association of
7 School Administrators, the American Association of School
8 Administrators, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum
9 Development, the Illinois Association for Supervision and
10 Curriculum Development, the National School Public Relations
11 Association, the Illinois Association of School, College, and
12 University Staffing, and the Lake County Superintendents'
13 Organization; he is also active in Rotary International; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Dr. Anderson is married to Donna and is the father
15 of Jason, Deidre, Morgan, and Doug; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18 we congratulate Dr. Michael Anderson on the occasion of his
19 retirement, and we thank him for the many years he has devoted
20 to education; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to Dr. Anderson as an expression of our esteem.