Full Text of HR1130 96th General Assembly
HR1130 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Thomas Many, Ed.D, has been a superintendent for | 3 |
| 20 years, serving 6 years in Mount Prospect School District 57 | 4 |
| and the last 14 years in Kildeer Countryside Community | 5 |
| Consolidated School District 96; and
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| WHEREAS, Some of his many accomplishments as | 7 |
| superintendent include: advocating parental involvement by | 8 |
| hosting community-wide Search Conferences, completing parent | 9 |
| satisfaction surveys, and overseeing the creation of the Parent | 10 |
| to Parent Network; he implemented the Professional Learning | 11 |
| Communities model; and he improved the District's overall rank | 12 |
| in the State from 55th to 9th; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition, he increased the average level of | 14 |
| student achievement from 85% to 96.5%, exceeding State | 15 |
| standards; he saw an increase of fewer than 60% to almost 80% | 16 |
| in reading and over 90% in math of special education students | 17 |
| and from 69% to over 85% of ELL students meeting or exceeding | 18 |
| State standards in reading; and
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| WHEREAS, Under his leadership, District 96 received | 20 |
| Illinois Honor Roll Awards for academic excellence and academic | 21 |
| improvements; and the four elementary schools under his | 22 |
| guidance received the Illinois Association for Health, |
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| Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
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| Ribbon status for their physical education programs; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Many has authored many articles on the | 4 |
| Professional Learning Community Model and its effect on his | 5 |
| District; he has co-authored Learning By Doing, a Handbook for | 6 |
| Professional Learning Communities At Work and True North: A | 7 |
| Systems Approach to aligning Professional Learning Communities | 8 |
| from the Classroom to the Boardroom ; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Many is the father of Beth and Abbie, who are | 10 |
| both teachers, and Ben, who is a student at the University of | 11 |
| Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Dr. Many plans to move to Colorado | 12 |
| after his retirement and speaking nationwide to school | 13 |
| districts on the implementation of Professional Learning | 14 |
| Communities; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate Dr. Many on his retirement and wish him continued | 18 |
| success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to Dr. Thomas Many as a symbol of our respect and | 21 |
| esteem.
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