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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Ethel Shanklin on
4her retirement as Director of Special Education for East St.
5Louis School District #189; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Ethel Shanklin is a product of the East St. Louis
7public schools, graduating as the top female of her graduating
8class from Lincoln Senior High school in 1971; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Ethel Shanklin began her career as a Special
10Education Teacher in East St. Louis School District #189 in
11August of 1978; she has served the East St. Louis School
12District #189 for 35 years; and
 
13    WHEREAS, From 1978 to 1998 she served as a Special
14Education Teacher in Rose Lake School, Park Annex School, and
15East St. Louis Sr. High School; she served as a Principal at
16Attucks Elementary School, Principal at Clark Middle School;
17Assistant Principal at East St. Louis Sr. High School;
18Principal at East St. Louis Sr. High School; Assistant Director
19of Special Education and Principal of Lincoln Middle School,
20and as Director of the Department of Special Education; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Ethel Shanklin has the following affiliations:

 

 

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1Quality Assurance Team with AdvancED Accreditation; Metro-East
2Toastmasters; Phi Delta Kappa; Illinois Principal Association;
3Council For Exceptional Children; Illinois Association of
4School Administrators; and is a Fellow of Southern Illinois
5University at Edwardsville; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Ethel Shanklin has been instrumental in her role
7as the Director of Special Education in bringing the East St.
8Louis School District #189 Special Education Department into
9compliance with the Illinois State Board of Education in one
10year; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13we congratulate Ethel Shanklin on her career and wish her all
14the best in her future endeavors; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to Mrs. Ethel Shanklin as a symbol of our respect and
17esteem.