HLS 15RS-4515 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 167
BY REPRESENTATIVE HALL
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Shirley Yvonne Cole Williams upon her retirement from
Rapides Parish Schools
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Shirley Yvonne Cole Williams upon her retirement from Rapides Parish
3 Schools.
4 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commend Shirley Yvonne Cole Williams upon her
5retirement from Rapides Parish Schools after thirty-four years of dedicated service; and
6 WHEREAS, Ms. Williams is a 1974 graduate of Peabody School, now known as
7Peabody Magnet High School, in Alexandria, Louisiana; she graduated a semester ahead of
8her high school class and enrolled at Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical
9College in Baton Rouge in January of 1974; and
10 WHEREAS, on May 8, 1978, she graduated from Southern University and
11Agricultural and Mechanical College with a bachelor of science degree in business
12education; and
13 WHEREAS, Ms. Williams worked for Rapides Bank, the Tioga Branch, for two
14years before securing a position as a business education teacher at Tioga High School for the
151980-1981 school year; during the 1981-1982 school year, she taught business education at
16Buckeye High School; and
17 WHEREAS, Ms. Williams moved into the special education field and secured a dual
18teaching certificate after completing the requirements from Northwestern State University
19in Natchitoches in 1984; and
20 WHEREAS, during the fall of 1983 until the fall of 2005, Ms. Williams taught
21special education at Bolton High School; during her twenty-two year tenure at Bolton High
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1School, Ms. Williams completed a comprehensive mentor training program and until 2005,
2she served as a teacher mentor helping to train beginner teachers; she also wrote and
3implemented a business education curriculum and taught keyboarding and income tax
4preparation to students with learning disabilities; and
5 WHEREAS, Ms. Williams left an incredible mark at Bolton High School by serving
6as LEAD teacher in the special education department for many years; and
7 WHEREAS, from January of 2006 until December of 2006, Ms. Williams taught at
8Peabody Magnet High School; and
9 WHEREAS, from 2007 until May 21, 2015, Ms. Williams served as the LEAD
10teacher for the special education department at Arthur F. Smith Middle School; and
11 WHEREAS, Ms. Williams is the loving mother of Terrence Williams and Michael
12Williams; the mother-in-law of Tanya; and a proud grandmother; and
13 WHEREAS, she is an active member of Zion Hill Church in Pineville; and
14 WHEREAS, upon her retirement after thirty-four wonderful years of service to
15Rapides Parish Schools, it is appropriate to commend Shirley Yvonne Cole Williams.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
17Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Shirley Yvonne Cole Williams upon her
18retirement from Rapides Parish Schools after thirty-four years of dedicated service and does
19hereby extend to her best wishes for continued success in her future endeavors.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
21to Shirley Yvonne Cole Williams.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 167 Original 2015 Regular Session Hall
Commends Shirley Yvonne Cole Williams upon her retirement from Rapides Parish
Schools.
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