Resolution honoring the 2020 PAEMST Awardees

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program identifies outstanding mathematics and science teachers in each state and the four U.S. jurisdictions; and

WHEREAS through national selection committees, one mathematics finalist and one science finalist were selected to represent Texas; and

WHEREAS these teachers have become Texas national awardees for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education does hereby extend its congratulations to Kristen Butler, Medlin Middle School, Northwest Independent School District, Trophy Club, TX for being named Texas National Awardee in the primary mathematics category for the 2020 Presidential Award; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education does hereby extend its congratulations to Lori Garrett, Cactus Elementary School, Dumas Independent School District, Amarillo, Texas for being named Texas National Awardee in the primary science category for the 2020 Presidential Award; and be it further

RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to the aforementioned teachers for being identified as state and national awardees for the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching program, and that a copy be included in the permanent records of the State Board of Education.

WITNESS our signatures this eighteenth day of November, two thousand and twenty-two, in Austin, Texas.

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Dr. Keven Ellis, Chair

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Georgina C. Pérez, Secretary