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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dee Scott retired from the Clear Creek Independent |
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School District Board of Trustees in May 2015, drawing to a close an |
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outstanding decade-long tenure with the board; and |
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WHEREAS, Since first winning election to her seat in 2005, |
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Ms. Scott has been instrumental in a number of initiatives to |
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improve the quality of education for area schoolchildren, including |
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support for the construction of new school buildings and the |
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establishment of community service projects to benefit at-risk |
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students; she oversaw the launch of the highly successful Leaders |
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Make Readers elementary school program and played a significant |
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role in the fund-raising effort to ensure that all seniors at Clear |
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View High School could walk across the stage in graduation gowns; |
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she has also shared her expertise with elected officials tasked |
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with developing more effective educational policy; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply engaged in the wider community as well, |
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Ms. Scott has held leadership positions in the League City Chamber |
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of Commerce and the North Galveston County YMCA, and she was |
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pivotally involved in the creation of the First Leadership League |
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City Group; the longtime owner of Dee Scott Insurance Agency in |
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League City, she has served as vice president of the League City |
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Economic Development Corporation and has received a host of awards |
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for her participation in the local Rotary Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her unwavering commitment to Clear Creek |
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ISD, Dee Scott has contributed greatly to the success of many young |
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Texans, and she may take justifiable pride in a job well done; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Dee Scott on her retirement from the Clear |
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Creek ISD Board of Trustees and extend to her sincere best wishes |
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for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Scott as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |