Bill Text: TX HR607 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Sandra Thompson for her service as a special education teacher.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-07 - Reported enrolled [HR607 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR607-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 607 |
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WHEREAS, Sandra Thompson has rendered exceptional service to | ||
her community as an educator, and she is indeed deserving of | ||
recognition for her many accomplishments; and | ||
WHEREAS, Having grown up with a brother who has a disability, | ||
Sandra Thompson was inspired to pursue a career that would allow her | ||
to help other families like her own; after earning her master's | ||
degree in special education in 1992, she became a special education | ||
teacher at Fredericksburg High School, and in 1994, she | ||
transitioned to Reagan High School, where she taught Life Skills, a | ||
program to aid students with intellectual disabilities and autism; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Thompson joined the staff at Pflugerville | ||
Elementary School in 1998, and in the years since, she has taught in | ||
a variety of areas there, including Life Skills, Resource and | ||
Inclusion programs, and fourth-grade general education; for the | ||
past five years, she has helped lead the school's Pegasus Program, | ||
an early childhood development course that prepares preschool | ||
students for kindergarten; and | ||
WHEREAS, For her outstanding achievements, Ms. Thompson was | ||
named Pflugerville Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2003, and she | ||
has also been awarded five grants from the Junior League of Austin; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Sandra Thompson has greatly benefited students | ||
within the Pflugerville community and across the Lone Star State | ||
through her steadfast dedication to ensuring that every child | ||
receives the education that he or she deserves, and she has garnered | ||
the lasting respect and admiration of countless people along the | ||
way; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Sandra Thompson for her notable endeavors | ||
in behalf of her students and her lasting contributions to public | ||
education in Texas; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Thompson as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
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______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 607 was adopted by the House on March | ||
2, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||