Bill Text: TX HR12 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Latin teacher Ann Price Ouzts on her retirement from the Irving Independent School District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR12-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 12 |
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WHEREAS, Latin teacher Ann Price Ouzts is retiring from | ||
MacArthur High School in Irving in June 2023, drawing to a close an | ||
extraordinary career in education that has spanned nearly six | ||
decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Price Ouzts knew early on that she wanted to be a | ||
teacher, and as an elementary school student she came home from | ||
school and taught her dolls what she had learned that day; in | ||
college, she noticed how crowded her history and English classes | ||
were but how sparsely attended her Latin class was, and came to the | ||
conclusion that it would be easier to get a job as a Latin | ||
instructor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Price Ouzts began teaching in the 1960s, and in | ||
1969, she joined the faculty of MacArthur High School, where she has | ||
taught Latin ever since; she tried to retire once before but | ||
returned within two years, and, at the age of 83, she is the Irving | ||
Independent School District's only Latin teacher; several of her | ||
former students are now veteran teachers in the district | ||
themselves; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the better part of 60 years, Ann Price Ouzts has | ||
provided a positive and inspiring learning environment for | ||
generations of young Texans, and she has earned the lasting | ||
admiration and affection of all who are privileged to know her; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Ann Price Ouzts on her retirement | ||
from the Irving Independent School District and bid her a fond | ||
farewell and best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Price Ouzts as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Meza | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 12 was adopted by the House on March | ||
8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||