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