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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 congratulate Tamara Peterson on the occasion of her retirement |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 as a board member of the Bloomingdale School District 13 Board |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 of Education; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, Tamara Peterson has served on the Bloomingdale |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 School District 13 Board since April 1, 2003; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 WHEREAS, Tamara Peterson has engaged in strategic planning |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 to identify district priorities, giving rise to a high number |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 of student achievements that were recognized locally and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 nationally; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 WHEREAS, Tamara Peterson has spearheaded changes in |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 financial practices, leading the Bloomingdale School District |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 13 Board to earn Certificates of Achievement (COAs) for |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Association of School |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 Business Officials (ASBO) and the Government Finance Officers |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 Association (GFOA) for the past seven years; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 WHEREAS, Tamara Peterson has further served the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 Bloomingdale School District 13 Board by readily accepting |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 additional leadership roles during her tenure, including |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 holding the position of board president for two terms; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 WHEREAS, Tamara Peterson, for the duration of her term, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 has also supported the Bloomingdale CHARACTER COUNTS! |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 Coalition, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 actively build and nurture trustworthiness, respect, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship throughout |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 the community; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 WHEREAS, Tamara Peterson will conclude her service to the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 Bloomingdale School District 13 Board on May 1, 2025; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Tamara |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 Peterson on her retirement as a board member of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 Bloomingdale School District 13 Board of Education, and we |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 thank her for her service to the community and its students; |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 and be it further |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17 presented to Tamara Peterson as an expression of our esteem |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18 and respect. |
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