Bill Text: IL SR0232 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes Superintendent John Price, Ed.D., of North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 (North Chicago CUSD 187) on being named Lake County Superintendent of the Year by the Lake County Superintendents' Association. Thanks Dr. Price for his inspirational leadership and dedication to ensuring all students receive a great education while attending North Chicago CUSD 187 that prepares them for an even greater future.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0232 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0232-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | recognize Superintendent John Price, Ed.D., of North Chicago | ||||||
| 4 | Community Unit School District 187 (North Chicago CUSD 187) on | ||||||
| 5 | being named Lake County Superintendent of the Year by the Lake | ||||||
| 6 | County Superintendents' Association; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dr. Price became the superintendent of North | ||||||
| 8 | Chicago CUSD 187 in 2017, where he has focused on stabilizing | ||||||
| 9 | the district's leadership and implementing aggressive | ||||||
| 10 | instructional improvement initiatives to better support | ||||||
| 11 | students' well-being, academic success, and, ultimately, their | ||||||
| 12 | futures; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Under Dr. Price's guidance, North Chicago CUSD | ||||||
| 14 | 187's graduation rate has improved from 56% to 82%, the | ||||||
| 15 | freshman on-track rate reached 94% last year, kindergarten | ||||||
| 16 | readiness has increased from 3% to 25%, the number of | ||||||
| 17 | elementary students reaching growth targets has increased in | ||||||
| 18 | both reading and mathematics, teacher retention has increased | ||||||
| 19 | from 60% to more than 75%, and commitment to diversity in | ||||||
| 20 | teacher recruitment has led to a teaching staff that better | ||||||
| 21 | reflects the student population, improving from 0% of new | ||||||
| 22 | teachers hired identifying as candidates of color to more than | ||||||
| 23 | 50% in 2022; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Dr. Price has been instrumental in North Chicago | ||||||
| 2 | CUSD 187's financial health score improving every year, and | ||||||
| 3 | the district has had surplus budgets for four years in a row; | ||||||
| 4 | he has additionally overseen the district receiving millions | ||||||
| 5 | of dollars in direct and indirect philanthropic support from | ||||||
| 6 | an array of community partners and philanthropic | ||||||
| 7 | organizations; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Over the course of his tenure, Dr. Price has | ||||||
| 9 | maintained a good working relationship with the teachers' | ||||||
| 10 | union, operating in partnership with them to successfully | ||||||
| 11 | negotiate two contracts; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Working with a group of dedicated volunteers, Dr. | ||||||
| 13 | Price helped found the North Chicago Public Education | ||||||
| 14 | Foundation (NCPEF) in 2019, a not-for-profit organization that | ||||||
| 15 | strives to send every graduate of North Chicago Community High | ||||||
| 16 | School (NCCHS) to college without cost; through the Warhawk | ||||||
| 17 | Lancer
Scholarship, their efforts have provided 36 NCCHS | ||||||
| 18 | graduates in the past three years with the opportunity to | ||||||
| 19 | study at the College of Lake County; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Thanks to Dr. Price's tremendous leadership, | ||||||
| 21 | North Chicago CUSD 187's dual language program will be active | ||||||
| 22 | in each grade and each school from kindergarten through 8th | ||||||
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| 1 | grade by 2027, and the district's first cohort of educational | ||||||
| 2 | apprentices will complete their degrees and be eligible to | ||||||
| 3 | return to the district to serve as teachers by 2026; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, During the Lake County Superintendents' | ||||||
| 5 | Association selection process for Superintendent of the Year, | ||||||
| 6 | Dr. Price was noted for having the heart of an educator and the | ||||||
| 7 | skill of a CEO in addition to embodying the vision, character, | ||||||
| 8 | and skills a superintendent should aspire to possess; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dr. Price, a California native, has lived in | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago with his wife, Cheryl, and their two children since | ||||||
| 11 | 2001; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize | ||||||
| 14 | Superintendent John Price, Ed.D., of North Chicago Community | ||||||
| 15 | Unit School District 187 (North Chicago CUSD 187) on being | ||||||
| 16 | named Lake County Superintendent of the Year by the Lake | ||||||
| 17 | County Superintendents' Association; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That we thank Dr. Price for his inspirational | ||||||
| 19 | leadership and dedication to ensuring all students receive a | ||||||
| 20 | great education while attending North Chicago CUSD 187 that | ||||||
| 21 | prepares them for an even greater future; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Dr. Price as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 3 | respect.
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