Bill Text: TX HR1619 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Pam Bendorf on her retirement as principal of Burks Elementary School in McKinney.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Reported enrolled [HR1619 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1619-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1619 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Pam Bendorf is retiring as principal of Nell Burks | ||
| Elementary School in McKinney in December 2017, concluding an | ||
| exemplary career in education that has spanned more than a quarter | ||
| century; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Bendorf graduated with a bachelor's degree in | ||
| education from the University of North Texas in 1989; she joined the | ||
| Anna Independent School District as a fifth-grade teacher in 1990, | ||
| and eight years later, she accepted a position as a sixth-grade | ||
| reading instructor and learning management system/instructional | ||
| designer in the Allen Independent School District; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After earning her master's degree in educational | ||
| leadership from Texas Woman's University in 2001, Ms. Bendorf | ||
| transitioned to school administration, serving the McKinney | ||
| Independent School District as assistant principal of Earl | ||
| Slaughter Elementary School; she was appointed principal of Burks | ||
| Elementary in 2006, and during her 11-year tenure in that position, | ||
| she has benefited the school's faculty, staff, and students through | ||
| her outstanding leadership and vision; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pam Bendorf has made a positive difference in the | ||
| lives of countless young Texans, and she may indeed reflect with | ||
| pride on her many professional accomplishments as she begins the | ||
| next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Pam Bendorf on the occasion of her | ||
| retirement as principal of Burks Elementary School and extend to | ||
| her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Bendorf as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Sanford | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1619 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 4, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
