H.R. No. 155

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Veteran educator Vernagene Mott of Pflugerville
	Independent School District has been elected to a one-year term on
	the board of directors of the Texas Association of School Boards;
	and
	WHEREAS, Founded in 1949, TASB is a statewide nonprofit
	organization dedicated to representing and supporting more than a
	thousand Texas school districts and community colleges; the
	association is governed by a delegate assembly and a 44-member
	board of directors made up of representatives from local school
	boards across the state; and
	WHEREAS, Vernagene Mott is currently the secretary of the
	Pflugerville ISD board of trustees, where she has served for four
	years; as a new member of the TASB board, she will represent TASB
	Region 13C; and
	WHEREAS, Herself a graduate of Pflugerville High School, Ms.
	Mott holds a bachelor's degree with honors in math and chemistry
	from The University of Texas at Austin; she was a teacher at
	Pflugerville High School for many years, acting as chair of the math
	and science departments and as a sponsor of the National Honor
	Society; from 1964 until her retirement from teaching in 2003, she
	was a member of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association; and
	WHEREAS, This outstanding community leader is also a charter
	member of the Pflugerville Educators' Association and the Heritage
	House Museum, as well as a founder of Heritage House Partners; she
	has been active in water issues, working with the Lower Colorado
	River Authority Watershed Watch Education Committee and the
	Manville Water Supply Company board of directors; a devoted member
	of Immanuel Lutheran Church, she chaired its 125th Anniversary
	Committee; and
	WHEREAS, For her many contributions to her community, Ms.
	Mott has been recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the
	Greater Pflugerville Chamber of Commerce; and
	WHEREAS, The quality of public education in Texas depends
	greatly on the caring efforts of concerned members of the
	community, and with her election to the TASB board, Vernagene Mott
	continues her long history of tireless advocacy on behalf of
	students and schools; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby commend Vernagene Mott on her election to the
	Texas Association of School Boards board of directors and extend to
	her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Ms. Mott 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. 155 was adopted by the House on
	February 3, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House