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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Veteran educator Vernagene Mott of Pflugerville |
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Independent School District has been elected to a one-year term on |
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the board of directors of the Texas Association of School Boards; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1949, TASB is a statewide nonprofit |
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organization dedicated to representing and supporting more than a |
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thousand Texas school districts and community colleges; the |
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association is governed by a delegate assembly and a 44-member |
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board of directors made up of representatives from local school |
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boards across the state; and |
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WHEREAS, Vernagene Mott is currently the secretary of the |
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Pflugerville ISD board of trustees, where she has served for four |
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years; as a new member of the TASB board, she will represent TASB |
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Region 13C; and |
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WHEREAS, Herself a graduate of Pflugerville High School, Ms. |
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Mott holds a bachelor's degree with honors in math and chemistry |
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from The University of Texas at Austin; she was a teacher at |
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Pflugerville High School for many years, acting as chair of the math |
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and science departments and as a sponsor of the National Honor |
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Society; from 1964 until her retirement from teaching in 2003, she |
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was a member of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association; and |
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WHEREAS, This outstanding community leader is also a charter |
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member of the Pflugerville Educators' Association and the Heritage |
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House Museum, as well as a founder of Heritage House Partners; she |
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has been active in water issues, working with the Lower Colorado |
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River Authority Watershed Watch Education Committee and the |
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Manville Water Supply Company board of directors; a devoted member |
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of Immanuel Lutheran Church, she chaired its 125th Anniversary |
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Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, For her many contributions to her community, Ms. |
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Mott has been recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the |
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Greater Pflugerville Chamber of Commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, The quality of public education in Texas depends |
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greatly on the caring efforts of concerned members of the |
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community, and with her election to the TASB board, Vernagene Mott |
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continues her long history of tireless advocacy on behalf of |
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students and schools; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Vernagene Mott on her election to the |
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Texas Association of School Boards board of directors and extend to |
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her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Mott as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 155 was adopted by the House on |
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February 3, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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