Full Text of HR0855 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Lori Casey, Ed.D. on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as superintendent of Woodland | 5 | | School District #50; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Casey received her Bachelor of Arts in | 7 | | Elementary Education and Special Education from Loras College | 8 | | in Dubuque, Iowa in 1988; she obtained her Master of Arts in | 9 | | Administration and Supervision from National Louis University | 10 | | in Evanston in 1992; she earned her Ed.D. in Educational | 11 | | Leadership from Concordia University in 2018; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Casey began her career in education at the | 13 | | Special Education District of Lake County; after working in | 14 | | the special education district, she worked with children who | 15 | | had learning disabilities and social emotional disorders at | 16 | | Northwood Junior High in Highland Park; she then joined | 17 | | Hawthorn Primary School District #73 and then subsequently | 18 | | Hawthorn Junior High School District #73; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Casey joined Woodland School District #50 as | 20 | | special education supervisor for Woodland Middle School in | 21 | | 1998; she then became assistant principal of Woodland | 22 | | Elementary East in 2000, principal of Woodland Primary School |
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| 1 | | in 2005, and associate superintendent in 2010; she became | 2 | | superintendent in 2020; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure, Dr. Casey oversaw and | 4 | | evaluated the district and staff; she served as a member of the | 5 | | School Board Contract Negotiating Team for the most four | 6 | | recent contracts and previously served as the lead | 7 | | administrative negotiator; she was an active participant in | 8 | | the Staff Development Program and served on the Assessment | 9 | | Committee, the Reconfiguration Committee, the Building Report | 10 | | Card Committee, the Multicultural Committee, the Response to | 11 | | Intervention (RtI) Committee, the Liaison Committee, and the | 12 | | Board Policy Committee; she additionally led the district | 13 | | through the ever changing COVID-19 pandemic, negotiating the | 14 | | extended contracts of teachers and support staff; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Casey has served as a presenter or panelist | 16 | | at numerous local and state conferences, including the 2019 | 17 | | Joint Annual Conference for IASB, IASA, IASBO, the 2020 | 18 | | Champions Before/After School National Manager Conference, the | 19 | | 2021 Illinois Joint Annual Conference, and the 2021 Illinois | 20 | | Association of School Superintendents' Webinars with Women; | 21 | | and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Casey belongs to the Illinois Principals | 23 | | Association, the Illinois Association of School |
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| 1 | | Administrators, and the American Association of School | 2 | | Administrators; she also serves as a board member for the | 3 | | Exchange Club of Gurnee and Warren Township Healthy | 4 | | Communities/Healthy Youth; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Casey has received a number of accolades | 6 | | during her career; she was named Special Education District of | 7 | | Lake County's Outstanding Educator of the Year in 1991 and | 8 | | Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year in 1998; she also received the | 9 | | Woodland Parent Teacher Association's Award for Outstanding | 10 | | Work in the Areas of Children's and Environmental Health in | 11 | | 2012, a commendation for her work in relation to school safety | 12 | | by the Gurnee Police Department in 2013, the National School | 13 | | Public Relations Association's Golden Achievement Award in | 14 | | 2014, and the Thought Exchange Bold Leadership Award in 2021; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Casey has served Woodland School District #50 | 17 | | with dedication for 24 years; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 19 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate Lori Casey, Ed.D. on her retirement from | 21 | | Woodland School District #50 and wish her the best in her | 22 | | future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Dr. Casey as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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