HLS 23RS-1005 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 16
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS
COMMENDATIONS: Commends John C. Brass for his educational and civic
accomplishments
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend John C. Brass for his educational and civic accomplishments.
3 WHEREAS, John C. Brass is a retired educator and former high school basketball
4coach who is also a pillar of the St. James Parish community; he is married to Jacquelyn
5Jackson Brass, and they have two children, Ingrid Nicole Brass and Representative
6Kendricks "Ken" Brass, and three grandchildren; and
7 WHEREAS, Coach Brass is a 1963 graduate of Franklin Parish Training School,
8where he was the captain of the school's basketball team and president of his graduating
9class; he attended Southern University where he received a bachelor of science in education
10in 1967, a master of education in 1973, and a master plus thirty graduate hours in 1975; and
11 WHEREAS, Coach Brass first worked as a social studies teacher and basketball
12coach at Union Central High School in Columbia, Louisiana, in 1967; after just one year, he
13answered the call to defend his country by joining the United States Army and was stationed
14in Fort Wainwright, Alaska; while there, he taught at Fort Wainwright Education Center in
15Fairbanks, Alaska, and worked there until he was discharged in 1970; he achieved the rank
16of Sergeant E-5 Personnel Specialist during his time in the army; and
17 WHEREAS, Coach Brass began his thirty-nine-year career in the St. James Parish
18Public School System in August 1970; he first worked as a social studies teacher and head
19basketball coach at St. James High School, and in 1987, he accepted the role of assistant
20principal of the school; in 1991, he was named principal of St. James Jr. High School, where
21he served for ten years; and
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HR NO. 16
1 WHEREAS, Coach Brass served as a principal on special assignment at Lutcher
2High School from 2001 until 2002; his final position was as principal of St. James Parish
3Career Technology Alternative Center, where he served from 2002 until his retirement in
42009; on March 24, 2010, he was appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal to serve on the board
5of commissioners of the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conservation District; and
6 WHEREAS, Coach Brass is an incredibly civic-minded individual; in addition to
7teaching, he also served as the organizer and director of the St. James Parish Biddy
8Basketball Program, chairman of the St. James Parish Housing Authority Board, a member
9of the St. James Parish Recreation Board, and as a deacon at First Community Antioch
10Baptist Church; and
11 WHEREAS, Coach Brass is most deserving of the highest recognition for his
12incredible accomplishments and for his unrelenting dedication to the service of his
13community.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
15Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend John C. Brass for his educational and civic
16accomplishments; does hereby further recognize Coach Brass's commitment to providing
17for the youth in his community through education and athletics; and does hereby extend
18sincerest wishes that his inspiring example of community service be followed by all
19Louisianians.
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 16 Original 2023 Regular Session Brass
Commends John C. Brass for his educational and civic accomplishments.
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