Bill Text: TX HR1112 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Katie N. Reed on her retirement from the Northside ISD school board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1112 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1112-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1112 |
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WHEREAS, Katie N. Reed is retiring from the Northside | ||
Independent School District school board, drawing to a close a | ||
remarkable tenure that has spanned more than three decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Reed first won election to the NISD school | ||
board in 1990 and subsequently served seven terms as president; she | ||
has worked tirelessly in behalf of the district as it has grown to | ||
serve more than 100,000 students at 120 campuses; as a former | ||
president of the Texas Association of School Boards, she | ||
represented public school districts in Texas on the national level, | ||
and she has served on its building and finance committee and has | ||
chaired the policy and intergovernmental relations committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, A committed champion of her community, Mrs. Reed | ||
served as chair of the Alamo Area Council of Governments board and | ||
as a member of the Masters Leadership Program of San Antonio board; | ||
she also gives her time to the Greater San Antonio Chamber of | ||
Commerce and has served as chair of the Salvation Army Advisory | ||
Board, the Women and Children's Advisory Committee, and the Boys | ||
and Girls Clubs; the recipient of numerous honors, she was | ||
presented with the Dolph and Janey Briscoe Lifetime Achievement | ||
Award by United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, and she was | ||
inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame in 2003 and | ||
recognized at the San Antonio Business Journal Women's Leadership | ||
Awards in 2005; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Mrs. Reed graduated | ||
from the University of Missouri at Columbia and later taught in | ||
public schools in Missouri and Oklahoma; in all her endeavors, she | ||
has enjoyed the love and support of her husband, Jim, and she takes | ||
great pride in their children, Phillip and Holly, and their three | ||
grandchildren; she is a valued member of University United | ||
Methodist Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her unwavering commitment to public | ||
education, Katie Reed has greatly benefited generations of | ||
Northside ISD students, and her contributions will resonate in the | ||
community for years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Katie N. Reed on her retirement | ||
from the Northside Independent School District school board and | ||
that she be extended sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Reed as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Lopez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1112 was adopted by the House on May | ||
14, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||