Bill Text: TX HR2418 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Rise Academy superintendent Richard Baumgartner for his courageous actions that saved a woman from an assault.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-01 - Reported enrolled [HR2418 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2418-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2418 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Superintendent Richard Baumgartner of the Rise | ||
| Academy charter school in Lubbock demonstrated great courage in | ||
| rescuing one of his teachers during a violent incident on May 10, | ||
| 2011; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On that day, a troubled man burst into the office at | ||
| Rise Academy, where he told the secretary he had killed his mother | ||
| and asked her to call 9-1-1; he then locked himself into | ||
| Superintendent Baumgartner's office with a teacher and threatened | ||
| to assault her at knife point; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Arriving on the scene, Mr. Baumgartner realized his | ||
| coworker was in grave danger and decided he could not wait for the | ||
| police and quickly forced the door open by slamming it with his | ||
| shoulder; this distracted the assailant from the teacher, who | ||
| escaped, but in the commotion, Mr. Baumgartner was wounded; he then | ||
| picked up a chair to defend himself and talked to the man until the | ||
| police arrived; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Baumgartner's swift and caring response came as | ||
| little surprise to those who know him; a native of Kalamazoo, | ||
| Michigan, he committed himself at an early age to improving the | ||
| prospects of impoverished Americans through education; after | ||
| working with innovative educator Marva Collins at her Westside | ||
| Preparatory School in Chicago, he founded Rise Academy in Lubbock | ||
| in 1999; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Richard Baumgartner risked his own life to ensure | ||
| the safety of a person in tremendous peril, and he is indeed worthy | ||
| of special recognition for his remarkable heroism; now, therefore, | ||
| be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Superintendent Richard Baumgartner of | ||
| Rise Academy for his courageous rescue of a coworker and extend to | ||
| him sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Baumgartner as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Frullo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2418 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 30, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
