Full Text of HR1336 095th General Assembly
HR1336 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Neil Codell, | 4 |
| Superintendent of Niles Township High School District 219 on | 5 |
| his retirement; and
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| WHEREAS, Neil Codell has been the Superintendent of Niles | 7 |
| Township High Schools District 219 since July 1, 2002; prior to | 8 |
| that he served three years as the principal at Niles North High | 9 |
| School and as a teenager attended Niles West for two years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Codell's time as superintendent includes many | 11 |
| significant accomplishments, including: leading the | 12 |
| community-wide effort in 2004 to pass a successful voter | 13 |
| referendum increasing the education fund; overseeing extensive | 14 |
| construction improvements at both schools; and changing the | 15 |
| school day structure from mods to periods; Mr. Codell also | 16 |
| worked closely with the teacher and support unions to build | 17 |
| greater cooperation and harmony between the bargaining units | 18 |
| and management, including a three-year extension to the current | 19 |
| contracts; and
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| WHEREAS, Under his leadership, the high schools introduced | 21 |
| an Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) for each student and | 22 |
| began to offer annual Parent-Teacher conferences that allow |
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| parents to meet with teachers individually; he started the | 2 |
| practice of having student representatives on the District 219 | 3 |
| Board of Education; throughout his teaching career, students, | 4 |
| parents, and colleagues have remarked on Mr. Codell's unique | 5 |
| abilities to get to know students personally, and relentlessly | 6 |
| advocate for them; and
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| WHEREAS, Before coming to District 219, Mr. Codell was | 8 |
| principal at Whitefish Bay High School in Whitefish Bay, | 9 |
| Wisconsin, where, under his reign, ACT scores improved to the | 10 |
| highest in the state and National Honor Society membership | 11 |
| increased by 50%;
Mr. Codell held various roles in elementary | 12 |
| and junior high school districts in Illinois; previous | 13 |
| positions include being principal at Addison Trail High School, | 14 |
| Northwood Junior High School, and acting superintendent at | 15 |
| Highwood-Highland Park School District 111, where he was | 16 |
| instrumental in passing a referendum before the school district | 17 |
| underwent consolidation; his first position as a principal was | 18 |
| at West Elementary School in Waukegan; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Codell began his career as a teacher at Senn | 20 |
| High School in Chicago, where he spent ten years working with | 21 |
| students with social and emotional disorders;
Mr. Codell holds | 22 |
| a B.A. in history and a Master's of Education in Historical | 23 |
| Foundation from Loyola University; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Neil Codell on his retirement and thank him for | 4 |
| his years of dedication to the educational needs of our young | 5 |
| people; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Neil Codell as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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