Bill Text: TX HR2175 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Sarah Beth Lively on the renaming of Fulmore Middle School in Austin in her honor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2175 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2175-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2175 |
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WHEREAS, Sarah Beth Lively, a tireless supporter of students | ||
in the Austin Independent School District, received well-deserved | ||
recognition when the district's board of trustees voted on December | ||
17, 2018, to rename Fulmore Middle School in her honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Having worked as an associate editor with The | ||
University of Texas at Austin, Mrs. Lively began her career in | ||
education in the 1960s, when she accepted a teaching position at | ||
Fulmore; during an exceptional tenure with the school that spanned | ||
a quarter century, she inspired countless American history students | ||
with her lessons on advocacy and civic engagement; she also led the | ||
Fulmore journalism program, and numerous yearbooks and newspapers | ||
created under her guidance won University Interscholastic League | ||
competitions and Columbia Scholastic Press Association awards; and | ||
WHEREAS, Though she officially retired in the early 1990s, | ||
Mrs. Lively remained active in the school for more than two | ||
decades, visiting the campus on a daily basis and serving as a | ||
volunteer journalism teacher; and | ||
WHEREAS, Admired for her inclusive and engaging teaching | ||
style, Mrs. Lively received the Edith Fox King Award from the | ||
Interscholastic League Press Conference in 1986, and after she | ||
retired, the Sarah Lively Award for Excellence in Scholastic | ||
Journalism was established to recognize outstanding Fulmore | ||
students at the eighth-grade graduation ceremony each year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sarah Lively has touched the lives of several | ||
generations of Austin residents through her contributions as both a | ||
teacher and a volunteer, and Sarah Beth Lively Middle School will | ||
serve as a lasting reminder of the positive influence she has had on | ||
countless young Texans; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Sarah Beth Lively on the renaming | ||
of Fulmore Middle School in her honor and commend her for her many | ||
years of dedicated service to Austin ISD students; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mrs. Lively as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
King of Hemphill | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2175 was adopted by the House on May | ||
27, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||