Bill Text: IL HR0252 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates David J. Kroeze, Ph.D., on his retirement. Further commends him for his dedication to the Northbrook community and wishes him the best in all his future endeavors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-04-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0252 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HR0252-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate David J. Kroeze, Ph.D.,
on the occasion of his retirement as Superintendent of
Northbrook School District 27; and
WHEREAS, At the end of the 2020-2021 school year, Dr.
Kroeze will retire having led Northbrook School District 27
for 29 years; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze has overseen a number of key
achievements at Northbrook School District 27, including
implementing the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework,
establishing full-day kindergarten, renovating all of the
District 27's state-of-the-art facilities, and co-founding the
First in the World Consortium with Dr. Paul Kimmelman, which
identified and recognized that District 27 students and those
in the consortium rank at the highest levels of performance in
mathematics and science in the world; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze's leadership has been apparent in the
number of accolades Northbrook School District 27 has
received, including the Certificate of Excellence Awards in
Financial Reporting for 11 consecutive years, the Department
of Education's Excellence Award for Wood Oaks Junior High

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School, and District 27 schools being named in the top 1 to 2
percent of schools in the county and State for many years as
noted by Chicago Magazine and the Illinois State Report Card;
and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze has led Northbrook School District 27
through its greatest challenge to date by safely educating
students throughout the course of the global COVID-19
pandemic; he developed a hybrid synchronous learning model
that allowed any interested student to attend school in-person
to the greatest extent possible throughout the entirety of the
school year; through his hybrid learning model, approximately
94 percent of District 27's students attended school in-person
everyday as of April 2021, which is a testament to his strong
leadership, energy, and passion for education; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Kroeze has served the Northbrook community
with the highest levels of respect and integrity; therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate David J. Kroeze, Ph.D., on his retirement,
commend him for his dedication to the Northbrook community,
and wish him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it
further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Dr. Kroeze as an expression of our esteem and
respect.