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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Nelson Armour will retire as Superintendent of |
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| Schools, Fairview School District 72 in Skokie, at the |
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| completion of the 2004-2005 school year; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Armour received his B.A. with honors in |
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| American Intellectual History and English
from the University |
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| of Wisconsin-Madison and his Ed.D. in Educational Psychology |
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| from Loyola University of Chicago; he also attended Harvard |
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| Graduate School of Education; and
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| WHEREAS, His experience in education has spanned 36 years, |
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| from 1968 to 2005 (except for one full year of international |
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| travel); he has been a Teacher, a Coordinator/Teacher, an |
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| Instructor at NIU's College of Education, an Assistant |
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| Principal, a Principal, and a Superintendent; and
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| WHEREAS, From 1996 to 2005, during his tenure as |
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| Superintendent, Dr. Armour worked with the School Board and |
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| community to complete Fairview's most significant facility |
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| program since 1951 and to resolve Fairview's long-standing |
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| financial crisis; he provided leadership to negotiate a 12-year |
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| historic teachers' contract and worked with the School Board |
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| and union to move beyond a previous strike and labor conflict; |
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| he provided leadership in curriculum and program reviews and |
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| improvements in all major areas; he also led the development of |
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| a long-range educational Strategic Plan for Fairview, set high |
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| standards for the employment, retention, and granting of tenure |
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| of teachers, provided leadership for community and District |
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| crises, and taught as an adjunct faculty member for DePaul |
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| University since 1999; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Armour is married to Joan K. Weaver, and they |
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| have two children, Molly and Alexander; therefore, be it
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