| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 59 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Marie Gonzales is retiring as the executive director |
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| 6 | 6 | | of special education at the Round Rock Independent School District |
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| 7 | 7 | | on December 14, 2023, drawing to a close an exemplary career in |
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| 8 | 8 | | education that has spanned 28 years; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Gonzales began her career as a deaf education |
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| 10 | 10 | | teacher at Deerpark Middle School in August 1995, and she went on to |
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| 11 | 11 | | join the faculty at McNeil High School in 2001; the following year, |
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| 12 | 12 | | she became an admission, review, and dismissal facilitator, and in |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2008, she accepted the position of special education department |
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| 14 | 14 | | chair; she later served as assistant principal and associate |
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| 15 | 15 | | principal at McNeil High before taking on her current role as the |
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| 16 | 16 | | district's executive director of special education; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Along the way, Ms. Gonzales has been involved in |
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| 18 | 18 | | numerous committees and initiatives, including the Secondary |
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| 19 | 19 | | Teaching & Learning Advisory Board, the launch of a dual credit |
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| 20 | 20 | | program for deaf students, and the Texas Deafblind Project; she has |
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| 21 | 21 | | also been active in the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International |
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| 22 | 22 | | Kappa Lambda Chapter, which she served as president from 2012 to |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2014; among her many achievements, she received a World Class ARD |
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| 24 | 24 | | Facilitator Award in 2005 and a Certificate of Appreciation for |
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| 25 | 25 | | Valuable Contributions During State Assessment in 2008; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Gonzales holds bachelor's and master's degrees |
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| 27 | 27 | | in communications, sciences, and disorders with an emphasis on deaf |
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| 28 | 28 | | education from The University of Texas at Austin; in addition, she |
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| 29 | 29 | | completed the principal certification graduate program in |
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| 30 | 30 | | educational leadership at Texas State University in 2011; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | WHEREAS, Through her dedication, professionalism, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | commitment to excellence, Marie Gonzales has helped many young |
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| 33 | 33 | | Texans acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed, and |
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| 34 | 34 | | her contributions will be remembered and appreciated for years to |
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| 35 | 35 | | come; now, therefore, be it |
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| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 37 | 37 | | Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Marie |
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| 38 | 38 | | Gonzales on her retirement as the executive director of special |
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| 39 | 39 | | education at Round Rock ISD and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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| 40 | 40 | | for the future; and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 42 | | prepared for Ms. Gonzales as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 43 | 43 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 44 | 44 | | Bucy |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 47 | 47 | | I certify that H.R. No. 59 was adopted by the House on |
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| 48 | 48 | | November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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