File #: 17-3694    Version: 1 Name: RETIREMENT OF DORSEY A. RIVERS-GARDNER
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 6/2/2017 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/6/2017 Final action: 6/6/2017
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF DORSEY A. RIVERS-GARDNER WHEREAS, Lincoln Elementary School is in Bellwood, Illinois, and serves 474 students, and WHEREAS, Lincoln Elementary School has been led by Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner since 2013, and WHEREAS, at the close of the 2017 school year, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner retired from Bellwood School District 88, and WHEREAS, prior to becoming principal, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner taught in both elementary and middle school classrooms for more than 20 years, and WHEREAS, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner has dedicated 35 years of her life to the Bellwood community and the furtherance of excellent public education, and WHEREAS, in addition to her work in Bellwood, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner founded the Summer Enrichment Program Murchisom-Isom C.M.E, where she also serves as the Director of Christian Education, and WHEREAS, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner's dedication to her com...
Sponsors: RICHARD R. BOYKIN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF DORSEY A. RIVERS-GARDNER

 

WHEREAS, Lincoln Elementary School is in Bellwood, Illinois, and serves 474 students, and

 

WHEREAS, Lincoln Elementary School has been led by Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner since 2013, and

 

WHEREAS, at the close of the 2017 school year, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner retired from Bellwood School District 88, and

 

WHEREAS, prior to becoming principal, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner taught in both elementary and middle school classrooms for more than 20 years, and

 

WHEREAS, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner has dedicated 35 years of her life to the Bellwood community and the furtherance of excellent public education, and

 

WHEREAS, in addition to her work in Bellwood, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner founded the Summer Enrichment Program Murchisom-Isom C.M.E, where she also serves as the Director of Christian Education, and

 

WHEREAS, Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner’s dedication to her community will continue in her retirement as a volunteer in local hospitals.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the President and Cook County Board of Commissioners that Mrs. Dorsey Rivers-Gardner is congratulated on the occasion of her retirement and the sincere appreciation of the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners is extended to Mrs. Dorsey A. River-Gardner for her decades of service to so many Cook County citizens.

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