Bill Text: TX SR265 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Lynn McKinney on the occasion of her retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-01 - Reported enrolled [SR265 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR265-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Lynn McKinney is retiring as deputy | ||
| superintendent of the Aledo Independent School District in June | ||
| 2023, drawing to a close an exceptional career in education that | ||
| has spanned nearly four and a half decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The district's longest-tenured employee, Lynn | ||
| McKinney has served as deputy superintendent since 2011; she | ||
| joined Aledo ISD in 1986 as a first-grade teacher, and she went | ||
| on to serve as a sixth-grade resource teacher and vice | ||
| principal at K-3 Aledo Elementary and subsequently as vice | ||
| principal and as the first female principal of Aledo High | ||
| School; after leading Aledo High for almost a decade, she was | ||
| promoted to district assistant superintendent of curriculum | ||
| and instruction and then to assistant superintendent of | ||
| special programs, a position she held for 10 years before being | ||
| appointed deputy superintendent; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Prior to joining Aledo ISD, Mrs. McKinney worked | ||
| for Teacher Corps, and she taught at Sam Houston High School in | ||
| Houston and at Campbell Elementary School in Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Widely respected by her colleagues, Mrs. McKinney | ||
| was recognized as the Texas Association of Secondary School | ||
| Principals Region 11 Outstanding Secondary Principal for 1998, | ||
| and she was one of five state finalists for the TASSP State | ||
| Secondary Principal of the Year honor; engaged in her community, | ||
| she received the East Parker County Chamber of Commerce Woman of | ||
| the Year award in 2000; retirement will afford her the | ||
| opportunity to spend more time with her family, which includes | ||
| her husband, Randal, and their two sons; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By helping countless young Texans acquire the | ||
| knowledge and skills necessary to succeed, Lynn McKinney has made | ||
| an immeasurable impact during her 37 years with Aledo ISD, and | ||
| she may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Lynn McKinney on her retirement | ||
| as deputy superintendent of the Aledo Independent School | ||
| District 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 Mrs. McKinney as an expression of high regard from | ||
| the Texas Senate. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 1, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
