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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the State of Illinois wish to congratulate Paul Jacobowski on
 4    the  occasion  of his retirement after eight years of service
 5    on the Orland School District 135 Board of Education; and

 6        WHEREAS, Mr. Jacobowski served as Board President for the
 7    1999-2000 school year; during his eight years on  the  board,
 8    he has chaired the finance, policy, and ethics committees; he
 9    also  served on the building and education committees and was
10    District 135's  representative  to  the  State  and  national
11    school board associations; and

12        WHEREAS,  Many  notable  achievements  have  been  marked
13    during  Mr.  Jacobowski's tenure on the board; among them are
14    the  planning  and  construction  of  two  new  schools,  and
15    remodeling of all the district facilities; he, along with the
16    rest of the board, was instrumental in the development  of  a
17    long-range  plan  for  student achievement, as well as in the
18    evaluation and restructuring of all district  curriculums  to
19    align  them  with  State  standards  and bring consistency of
20    instruction to all of the district's ten schools; and

21        WHEREAS, Mr. Jacobowski exemplifies the teamwork  of  the
22    Board  of  Education and the administration in allocating the
23    district's resources to reduce  a  budget  deficit  over  the
24    years  while  enhancing  academic  programs at the same time;
25    therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
27    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    we congratulate  Paul  Jacobowski  on  the  occasion  of  his
29    retirement  from  the  Orland  School  District  135 Board of
30    Education on April 7,  2003,  and  we  commend  him  for  his
31    service to the board; and be it further
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 2    presented to Paul Jacobowski as a token of  our  respect  and
 3    esteem.