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2021 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 180
BY SENATOR PRICE
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Shirley Grimes on her retirement from the Ascension
Parish School Board.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend Shirley Grimes on her retirement from the Ascension Parish School Board.
3 WHEREAS, Shirley Grimes is retiring on June 8, 2021, after thirty-one years of
4 outstanding and dedicated service to the Ascension Parish School Board; and
5 WHEREAS, Shirley Grimes began her career with the school system on November
6 12, 1990, as a speech therapist at Gonzales Middle School, and she quickly became
7 associated with the Sunshine Bridge crossing over the city of Donaldsonville, where she
8 worked as a speech therapist at Lowery Middle School for nine years; and
9 WHEREAS, her dedication and commitment to the education of students and their
10 families enabled her to share in their successes, both great and small; and
11 WHEREAS, in 1998, Shirley Grimes became an Individualized Education Program
12 (IEP) facilitator with the Ascension Parish Pupil Appraisal Department at LeBlanc Special
13 Services School; and
14 WHEREAS, as an IEP facilitator, Shirley Grimes both developed and monitored
15 implementation of plans to ensure that the school district complied with guidelines in
16 rendering services to students and in maintaining student goals and objectives; and
17 WHEREAS, Shirley Grimes' spirit of devotion to education will forever be
18 remembered throughout the Ascension Parish School Board central office and special
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1 services, and by administrators, staff, students, parents, and grandparents.
2 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
3 does hereby commend Shirley Grimes on her many accomplishments and does hereby
4 extend heartfelt wishes for a long and happy retirement.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
6 Shirley Grimes.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
SR 180 Original 2021 Regular Session Price
Commends Shirley Grimes upon her retirement from the Ascension Parish School Board.
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