Full Text of HR0990 93rd General Assembly
HR0990 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to recognize Vernal Ann Williams | 4 |
| Breashears who is retiring after 35 years as a Chicago Public | 5 |
| School educator; and
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| WHEREAS, Vernal Ann Williams Breashears grew up in Forest, | 7 |
| Mississippi; she attended E.T. Hawkins High School where she | 8 |
| was involved in most activities and sports; after graduating | 9 |
| from E.T. Hawkins High, she enrolled in Jackson State College | 10 |
| and received a Dual Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary | 11 |
| and Special Education in 1967; she received her Master of | 12 |
| Education in Curriculum from DePaul University in 1978 and | 13 |
| continued post-graduated study at Westfield College, London, | 14 |
| England, National Louis University, and Chicago State | 15 |
| University; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1967, Vernal was one of twelve teachers hired | 17 |
| by the Jackson Public School System; her assignments was | 18 |
| teacher at Lanier High School for the coming school year; in | 19 |
| 1968, Vernal and her family relocated to Chicago; she | 20 |
| immediately received a teaching position at the Arthur Dixon | 21 |
| Elementary School; she taught at Dixon for 10 years; in 1976, | 22 |
| she was transferred to Pilsen Academy where she taught for | 23 |
| fifteen years; in 1995, she was employed as the Dean of girls | 24 |
| at South Shore High School; later, she was appointed Assistant | 25 |
| Principal and in March of 2000, she became Contract Principal; | 26 |
| for the last four years, she has serviced Chicago Public | 27 |
| Schools for the Region 5 and Cluster 6 Offices assuming the | 28 |
| responsibilities of Management Support Director; and
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| WHEREAS, Vernal is a member of the St. Ailbe Catholic | 30 |
| Church; her community service involvement includes Horizons | 31 |
| Ministry, Compassionate Friends, Friends of Special Education, | 32 |
| Local Area Network, and Delta Sigma Theta; and |
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| WHEREAS, She is excited about her retirement and plans to | 2 |
| enjoy bowling, fishing, reading, traveling, and relaxing; she | 3 |
| is extremely grateful and proud of the support of her mother, | 4 |
| son, grandson, family members, friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Vernal Breashears on her retirement as a Chicago | 8 |
| Public School educator; and wish her good health and happiness | 9 |
| in all of her future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Vernal Breashears as an expression of our respect.
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