Full Text of HR1106 93rd General Assembly
HR1106 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of this body are pleased to recognize | 3 |
| Illinois' citizens who have distinguished themselves in | 4 |
| service to their community and this State; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Michael L. Smoot | 6 |
| has announced his retirement as Superintendent of Schools for | 7 |
| Wood Dale School District #7, where he coined the phrase "our | 8 |
| product is an educated child"; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Smoot started his career in Illinois public | 10 |
| education as a teacher in Mannheim School District #83; he then | 11 |
| became the Principal of Americana School at the Queen Bee | 12 |
| School District in Glendale Heights; he next served Brookfield | 13 |
| School District #95, first as a principal and then as assistant | 14 |
| and interim superintendent; he then became the Superintendent | 15 |
| of Wood Dale School District #7; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Smoot has served the citizens and children of | 17 |
| Wood Dale with exemplary distinction for over 25 years; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Under Mr. Smoot's leadership, Wood Dale School | 19 |
| District #7 and it's students have benefited from an infusion | 20 |
| of innovative teaching concepts, a focus on incorporating the | 21 |
| arts in education, and targeted attention for at-risk learners; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Mr. Smoot has established | 24 |
| himself as a renowned advocate for children with special needs, | 25 |
| exemplifying his strongly held belief that every child deserves | 26 |
| an opportunity to succeed; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Smoot established in Wood Dale one of | 28 |
| Illinois' first Early Childhood Education Centers that, to this | 29 |
| day, serves as a model for other early childhood educational |
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| programs around the State; and
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| WHEREAS, Over his career, Mr. Smoot accomplished several | 3 |
| monumental building projects in Wood Dale School District #7 | 4 |
| designed to insure an advantageous learning environment for all | 5 |
| of his students; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Smoot has also served his profession by | 7 |
| mentoring fellow educators and through his involvement in the | 8 |
| Educational League of Illinois, the Suburban Superintendent's | 9 |
| Association, the Illinois Association of School | 10 |
| Administrators, the Illinois Association of School Boards, the | 11 |
| American Association of School Administrators, the National | 12 |
| School Board Association, and various other organizations; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Smoot has served the children of this State in | 14 |
| numerous ways; in addition to having earned the esteem of the | 15 |
| educational community, he has the respect and admiration of all | 16 |
| those he has served, as well as the other educators he has | 17 |
| served with; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 |
| congratulate Michael L. Smoot on his retirement as | 21 |
| Superintendent of Schools for Wood Dale School District #7 and | 22 |
| extend our sincere best wishes to him for health and happiness | 23 |
| in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to Michael L. Smoot
as an expression of our respect | 26 |
| and esteem.
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