Senate Journal: Page 1269: Wednesday, April 15, 1998

  Neuhauser	Palmer	Redfern	Redwine
  Rehberg	Rensink	Rife	Rittmer
  Schuerer	Szymoniak	Tinsman	Vilsack
  Zieman	

  Nays, none.

  Absent or not voting, 1:

  Kramer			

  The appointee having received a two-thirds vote was declared to
  have been confirmed by the Senate.

  ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION

  Senator Iverson asked and received unanimous consent to take up
  for consideration House Concurrent Resolution 120.

  House Concurrent Resolution 120

  On motion of Senator Szymoniak, House Concurrent Resolution 120,

  1           HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 120

  4  A Concurrent Resolution congratulating Dr. Joan
  5     Roberts for being named the 1997 Iowa Secondary
  6     Principal of the Year.
  7     WHEREAS, Dr. Joan Roberts earned her undergraduate
  8  degree in secondary education from the University of
  9  Northern Iowa and her master's and doctorate degrees
  10  from Drake University; and
  11     WHEREAS, Dr. Roberts has worked within the Des
  12  Moines Independent School District for 20 years,
  13  serving since 1990 as the principal at Des Moines'
  14  North High School; and
  15     WHEREAS, North High School has a diverse
  16  enrollment; and
  17     WHEREAS, North High School has experienced
  18  declining enrollment, high dropout and mobility rates,
  19  and low academic achievement; and
  20     WHEREAS, Dr. Roberts has been an energizing force
  21  at North High School, which has in the past 12 years
  22  doubled its enrollment, reduced its dropout rate to
  23  less than five percent, tripled its enrollment in
  24  advanced courses, and integrated case management and
  25  support services for drug prevention, alcohol
  26  prevention, violence prevention, and teen pregnancy
  27  and parenting into the school program; and

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