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House
Resolution 2169
By:
Representative Dempsey of the
13th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Dr. Lynn Plunkett on her selection as the new Superintendent of Schools for
Floyd County; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. Lynn Plunkett has served as interim superintendent of Floyd County Schools
since Kelly Henson's retirement in November, and prior to becoming interim
superintendent she served as deputy superintendent in charge of teaching and
learning and as assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction in the
system; and
WHEREAS,
prior to coming home to Floyd County in 2001, she was an educational assessment
program manager for the Georgia Department of Education, and she has been an
administrator or teacher with Bartow County Schools, Marietta City Schools, and
Cobb County Schools; and
WHEREAS,
she is a native of Floyd County and graduated from Coosa High School, returning
to lead the school system that provided her early educational training;
and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Plunkett has been a major part of a series of improvements in the Floyd
County schools over the last seven years including the institution of an honors
college preparatory curriculum to challenge students and prepare them for
success after high school; small community high schools now offering four
foreign language options; advance course offerings have been added to the
middle school curriculum; the school system has been rated an "Outperformer" by
business and industry leader Standard and Poor's; and a partnership was formed
with the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce and Coosa Valley Technical College to
gain approval for a new charter school career academy, and she as helped develop
intersession remedial programs built into a modified school calendar to make
sure that all children in Floyd County schools have the best possible
opportunity to succeed; and
WHEREAS,
it is Dr. Plunkett's goal to prepare students to be successful and productive
citizens in the 21st century and, with the help of an experienced staff of
quality teachers and administrators dedicated to educational excellence, she
continues to plot a forward course for education in Floyd County.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Dr. Lynn Plunkett for her devotion and tireless commitment to
both students and educators and to improving the quality of education in Floyd
County and in the State of Georgia.
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. Lynn
Plunkett.