Full Text of HR0564 95th General Assembly
HR0564 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 |
| Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate | 4 |
| Katherine Harris of Chicago on the occasion of her retirement | 5 |
| from the Chicago Public Schools after 36 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Harris was born in Goodman, | 7 |
| Mississippi; she grew up in Chicago, where she was raised by | 8 |
| her parents, Wilbert and Willie Ree Wadlington; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Harris attended Beale Upper Grade | 10 |
| Center and Phillips High School; she attended Chicago State | 11 |
| University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in Home | 12 |
| Economics and master's degrees in Occupational/Vocational | 13 |
| Education, Special Education, and Administration and | 14 |
| Supervision; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Harris began her teaching career at | 16 |
| Barnard School in 1971; during her career she has been a 3rd | 17 |
| grade teacher, a high school Home Economics teacher, a Resource | 18 |
| Teacher and Coordinator of the Parent/Community Program, a | 19 |
| teacher and administrator at the Urban Youth Alternative High | 20 |
| School, a coordinator for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools | 21 |
| program, a coordinator for various instructional programs, a | 22 |
| coordinator for the Retired Teachers Program, an administrator |
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| for Region 5, and a Management Support Director for Area 11; | 2 |
| she became a CPS administrator in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Harris is a member of the Alpha Kappa | 4 |
| Alpha Sorority, Inc., Theta Omega Chapter; she is also a member | 5 |
| of the Covenant Faith Church of God; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine Harris has been married to William | 7 |
| Harris, Sr. for 37 years; she has two children, Karen and | 8 |
| William Jr.; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| congratulate Katherine Harris on her retirement and wish her | 12 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Katherine Harris as a symbol of our esteem and | 16 |
| respect.
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