Full Text of HR0863 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Dr. Von Mansfield on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as superintendent of | 5 | | Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansfield was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, | 7 | | where he grew up in the Westlawn Housing Projects; he | 8 | | completed high school at the University School of Milwaukee; | 9 | | he received his Bachelor of Science in Education and his | 10 | | Master of Science in Counselor Education and Counseling | 11 | | Psychology, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; he | 12 | | obtained his Master of Arts in Administration from Governors | 13 | | State University; he earned his doctorate in Curriculum and | 14 | | Instruction from Loyola University-Chicago; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, As a young man, Dr. Mansfield was an avid | 16 | | football player; as a college senior, he was selected to play | 17 | | in the Senior Bowl; prior to beginning his career in | 18 | | education, he played professional football for five years; he | 19 | | was a fifth round draft choice by the Atlanta Falcons; the | 20 | | majority of his football career was spent playing as a | 21 | | defensive back and kick returner for the Philadelphia Eagles | 22 | | and the Green Bay Packers; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansfield currently serves as superintendent | 2 | | of Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School | 3 | | (Homewood-Flossmoor) District 233, where he oversees a diverse | 4 | | student body of nearly 3,000 students and 300 faculty and | 5 | | staff members; he has previously served as a high school | 6 | | science teacher, coach, guidance counselor, dean of students, | 7 | | assistant principal, and principal; during his tenure as | 8 | | superintendent, Homewood-Flossmoor has been recognized by the | 9 | | U.S. Department of Education as a three-time national Blue | 10 | | Ribbon Award-winning high school, ranked annually as one of | 11 | | the most challenging high schools in America by the Washington | 12 | | Post, and received an exemplary ranking for having one of the | 13 | | best AP Psychology programs in the country by the College | 14 | | Board in 2010 and 2011; under his leadership, the school | 15 | | district has maintained a balanced budget for the past 15 | 16 | | years, and it currently has and maintains a bond rating of AAA | 17 | | from Standard & Poor's; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansfield is actively involved in the | 19 | | community and is a member of several professional | 20 | | organizations, including Phi Delta Kappa, the Association for | 21 | | Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the American | 22 | | Association of School Administrators; he currently serves as | 23 | | the vice chair of the College Board's Oak Circle Advisory | 24 | | Board and as a representative for the South Cook Region of the | 25 | | Illinois Association of School Administrators Governmental |
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| 1 | | Relations & Advocacy Committee; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansfield has served in leadership roles with | 3 | | several state and nationally recognized organizations; through | 4 | | the College Board, he served as a trustee and a member of the | 5 | | Executive Committee during the 2017 to 2018 school year, and | 6 | | he chaired the Trustee Committee on Membership from 2017 to | 7 | | 2018; he also served on the College Board Superintendents' | 8 | | Advisory Panel and previously co-chaired the organization's | 9 | | National Forum in Miami, Florida in 2012; he has also served as | 10 | | the president of the Headmasters Association and as president | 11 | | of the Southwest Suburban Conference of school districts | 12 | | located in suburban Chicagoland; he has additionally served as | 13 | | a member of the National Commission on National Assessment of | 14 | | Educational Progress 12th Grade Assessment and Reporting and | 15 | | on the Big Ten Advisory Commission; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansfield has received several accolades | 17 | | during his football and professional careers; he received an | 18 | | honorable mention as a junior by the All Big Ten and was | 19 | | selected as the recipient of the Outstanding Student Athlete | 20 | | at the University of Wisconsin as a senior by the Wisconsin | 21 | | Alumni Association; he was a recipient of the Paul Harris | 22 | | Fellow Award from the Rotary Foundation of Rotary | 23 | | International and named the winner of the Dr. Charles Gavin | 24 | | Image Award for Education; as Homewood-Flossmoor principal, he |
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| 1 | | received an Award of Excellence from the Illinois State Board | 2 | | of Education (ISBE) in 2005 and, as Homewood-Flossmoor | 3 | | superintendent, he received an ISBE Award of Meritorious | 4 | | Service in 2020; he has been recognized in publications for | 5 | | his success as an educator, including a cover story in | 6 | | Chicago's N'DIGO magazine and a feature in the Illinois | 7 | | Association of School Administrators' Leadership Matters | 8 | | magazine in March 2021; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Mansfield published Student Satisfaction with | 10 | | Peer Mediation in the School Social Work Journal in 1992; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate Dr. Von Mansfield on his retirement as | 15 | | superintendent of Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School | 16 | | Distsrict 233, commend him for his long career in education, | 17 | | and wish him the best in his future endeavors; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Dr. Mansfield as a symbol of our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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