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 | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 1, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |