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Senate
Resolution 108
By:
Senator Harbison of the 15th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Phyllis Jones; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Phyllis Jones is the celebrated principal of the highly successful Rigdon Road
Elementary School in Columbus, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
she has been recently honored with the 22nd Unity Award at the 21st Annual Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Award Breakfast; and
WHEREAS,
Phyllis Jones is also the recipient of the Unsung Hero Congressional Medal from
the Black Caucus, the Concharty Girl Scouts Women of Achievement Award, and
awards for being an outstanding Muscogee County principal; and
WHEREAS,
due to her exceptional leadership and dedicated management, Rigdon Road
Elementary has become a remarkable institution that has been teaching year-round
for eight years, implementing Saturday and after-school tutoring programs, a
special Cornerstone Reading program, and a number of parental involvement
programs, including the popular FBI, or "Fathers Being Involved"; and
WHEREAS,
Rigdon Road Elementary has an excellent student to teacher ratio of 15-1 and is
a National Blue Ribbon School where nearly 100 percent of the school's students
are Black and where all students are expected to exceed standards when they
leave; and
WHEREAS,
when every single third grader passed the CRCT exam in 2004, the school was able
to give every child a bicycle donated from generous community
businesses.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body join in
honoring the phenomenal work of Phyllis Jones as the principal of the amazing
Rigdon Road Elementary School.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Phyllis Jones.