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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Frankie
4Sutherland on her retirement from General George S. Patton
5School District 133; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland has spent 29 years in the
7field of education; the last 17 of those years in District 133,
8with 7 of them as principal and 10 as superintendent; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland graduated from Tougaloo
10College in Mississippi in 1972 and began teaching at Malcolm X
11College in Chicago; in 1984, she moved to the Chicago Public
12School system at Medill Primary School and in 1996 she joined
13General George S. Patton School District 133 in Riverdale to
14serve as principal, then assistant superintendent, and
15eventually superintendent; during this time, she received 2
16masters degrees from Chicago State University, one in school
17guidance and counseling and the other in educational
18administration; she received her doctorate from Loyola
19University in Chicago in educational leadership; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland volunteered with the Ebony
21Fashion Fair from 1996 to 2001, serving as general chairperson
22in 1999 and 2000 to raise money for the United Negro College

 

 

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1Fund (UNCF); she is active in the Chicago Inter Alumni Council,
2which is made up of historically black colleges and assists
3with several fundraisers throughout the year sponsored by the
4council where the proceeds go to the UNCF; she sponsors
5students in her school district for the week-long annual Young
6Leadership Program in Washington, D.C., and she sponsors a
7student in her school district for a summer internship in the
8business department at Stanford University in California; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland is a member of the American
10Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Association
11of School Administrators, the NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law
12Center, and many other non-profit organizations; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland has one son, Steven Craig
14Sutherland and one grandson, Steven Jr.; she enjoys attending
15Steven Jr.'s sporting events, gardening, and traveling; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Dr. Frankie Sutherland's retirement will become
17official on June 30, 2013; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we congratulate Dr. Frankie Sutherland on her retirement, thank
21her for her commitment to education, and wish her all the best
22in her future endeavours; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the Dr. Frankie Sutherland as an expression of our
3esteem and respect.