Bill Text: IL HR0606 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Jose Barrera on his retirement as principal of Columbia Explorers Academy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0606 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0606-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Jose Barrera on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his retirement as principal of Columbia Explorers | ||||||
5 | Academy; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera graduated from Pulaski Elementary | ||||||
7 | School, Tuley High School, and the School of the Art Institute | ||||||
8 | of Chicago; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera began as a bilingual teacher at | ||||||
10 | Robert Burns Elementary School and James Shields Elementary | ||||||
11 | School; he then became the bilingual coordinator and later | ||||||
12 | assistant principal of James Shields Elementary School; in | ||||||
13 | December of 2000, he became the principal of Columbia Explorers | ||||||
14 | Academy; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera was twice awarded the Principal | ||||||
16 | Leadership Award from the Chicago Board of Education; he also | ||||||
17 | received the Superior Public Service Award for the City of | ||||||
18 | Chicago from the Chicago Board of Education; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera has exhibited his work at the Day of | ||||||
20 | the Dead Exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art and at | ||||||
21 | the Bare Walls Exhibit for the School of the Art Institute of |
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1 | Chicago; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera has served as police officer and a | ||||||
3 | SWAT officer and has trained with the Cook County Sheriff's | ||||||
4 | Police, the Chicago Police, the Illinois State Police, and the | ||||||
5 | FBI; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Jose Barrera and his wife, Evelyn, have 3 | ||||||
7 | children, Michelle (Edward) Melone, Jennifer (Mark) Madden, | ||||||
8 | and Jose, Jr. Barrera, and 4 grandchildren, Lorenzo, Marco, | ||||||
9 | Mikayla, and Mikenna; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | congratulate Jose Barrera on his retirement as principal of | ||||||
13 | Columbia Explorers Academy and we wish him the best in all his | ||||||
14 | future endeavors; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to | ||||||
17 | Jose Barrera as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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