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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Dr. D. William
4 Dodds on the occasion of his retirement as superintendent of
5 McHenry Elementary School District 15; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Dr. Dodds received his B.A. from Millikin
7 University, his M.A. from Indiana, and his Certificate of
8 Advanced Study and Doctorate in Education from NIU; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Dr. Dodds began his teaching career in Wheeling
10 and moved to McHenry as an assistant principal at McHenry High
11 School West Campus in 1973; he was appointed principal at East
12 Campus in 1977, where he was until being hired as
13 superintendent of McHenry Elementary School District 15 in
14 1992; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Dr. Dodds is actively involved in many educational
16 committees and boards, local, county, and Statewide; he has
17 been an extremely conscientious educator for over 30 years; and
 
18     WHEREAS, During his tenure as superintendent, Dr. Dodds was
19 responsible for organizing superintendents in McHenry County
20 to publicize the need for State school funding on a per pupil
21 basis to the fastest growing school districts in Illinois; his
22 solution for housing hundreds of new students in an already
23 over-crowded school district was the basis for House Bill 1808
24 in the 92nd General Assembly; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Dr. Dodds has always been vocal and tenacious in
26 his attempt to fund schools locally by referenda and by
27 advising his State legislators to never give up on another
28 method of State funding, namely the income tax; therefore, be
29 it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 congratulate Dr. D. William Dodds on the occasion of his
4 retirement as superintendent of McHenry Elementary School
5 District 15, and we thank him for his devotion to the education
6 of students of Illinois; and be it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Dr. D. William Dodds as an expression of our
9 respect and esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing
10 retirement.