81R36235 JKB-D
 
  By: Chavez H.R. No. 3006
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Betty Dodson played an instrumental role in the
  founding of Project Redirection, which has been a great benefit to
  the El Paso community; and
         WHEREAS, A lifelong advocate of education, Ms. Dodson
  graduated from the University of South Dakota and went on to earn a
  master's degree when she was in her 50s; she taught at Putnam
  Elementary School, Morehead Middle School, and Coronado High
  School, and her experiences home-schooling her children made her an
  able director of the local Homebound Program; and
         WHEREAS, When Ms. Dodson was asked by the El Paso Independent
  School District to develop a program to teach school-age parents,
  she set up Project Redirection with a grant from the Ford
  Foundation; the program operated out of an old barracks near
  Beaumont Army Medical Center before moving in 1984 to the Young
  Women's Christian Association, where it has thrived ever since; and
         WHEREAS, The recipient of many well-deserved accolades, this
  visionary Texan was named Woman of the Year in Education by the El
  Paso Women's Political Caucus, a Woman of Distinction by the
  Soroptimist Club, and First Lady of El Paso by the El Paso Council
  of Beta Sigma Phi, and she was inducted into the El Paso Women's
  Hall of Fame; and
         WHEREAS, Betty Dodson channeled a love for learning and a
  passion for teaching into Project Redirection, and this program has
  provided immeasurable benefit to countless El Paso teenagers and to
  the community at large; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby honor the life of Betty Dodson for her crucial
  role in founding Project Redirection and extend to all those
  currently involved with the program sincere best wishes for
  continued success.