08 LC 95
0351
House
Resolution 1421
By:
Representatives Benfield of the
85th
and Ashe of the
56th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
and congratulating Dr. Charles Webb on the occasion of his retirement; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. Charles Webb brings more than 30 years of experience in education to his
assignment as Superintendent of Appling County Schools, which began on July 1,
2006; and
WHEREAS,
this highly respected professional educator and administrator has served with
honor and distinction as teacher, coach, department chair, athletics director,
assistant principal, principal, and central office administrator;
and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Webb has worked with Bulloch County Schools, 1990-2006; Elbert County
Schools, 1985-1990; and Bulloch Academy, 1976-1985, and served as the
superintendent of recreation for the City of Dalton, 1973-1976, and assistant
superintendent of recreation for the City of Statesboro, 1970-1973;
and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Webb has earned four degrees from Georgia Southern University, including a
Doctor of Education degree in Educational Administration in 2001; he is a
graduate of the U. S. Army War College, 1997, and the U. S. Army Command and
General Staff College, 1982; and he joined the Georgia Army National Guard in
1968 as a private and retired in 2000 as a Brigadier General; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Webb was a highly successful head football coach and athletics director,
being listed among the top 60 all-time winningnest football coaches in Georgia
by the Georgia High
School Football Magazine in 1998, and
earlier in his career he also coached baseball, softball, boys and girls
basketball, golf, and track and field; and
WHEREAS,
he was named STAR teacher in 1979 by the Statesboro-Bulloch County Chamber of
Commerce, recognized in 1972 by the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation for his local
leadership in Special Olympics, inducted into Phi Delta Kappa in 1993, appointed
by Governor Sonny Perdue to the Georgia Board of Early Care and Learning in
2005, and recognized with the Ashe-Stuckey Leadership in Government Award in
2004; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Webb has served on the board of directors of the Georgia Partnership for
Excellence in Education, the board of trustees for the Appling County Arts
Council, and the board of directors of the local Chamber of Commerce and the
Regional Economic Development Authority; and
WHEREAS,
he is a member of the American Legion and other military and veterans
organizations, the Baxley Kiwanis Club, and the local branch of the NAACP;
and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Webb is an elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and a 2005 graduate of the
School of Laity, a three-year program of biblical study sponsored by the
Savannah Presbytery; and
WHEREAS,
he and his wife Lynda have two daughters.
WHEREAS,
he is a shining example of the important impact that the efforts of individual
education professionals and school superintendents are making on the quality of
education received by the children of this state and it is abundantly fitting
and proper that his superlative accomplishments be recognized
appropriately.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body heartily commend Dr. Charles Webb for his sacrifice, foresight,
accomplishment, and contributions on behalf of education in Georgia and for the
positive influence he has had upon the lives and futures of countless young
people in this state; congratulate him upon the occasion of his retirement; and
extend to him their most sincere best wishes for health and happiness in the
future.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. Charles
Webb.