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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING PRINCIPAL PATRICK McGILL ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Patrick McGill is the principal of George Westinghouse College Preparatory High School, and
WHEREAS, during his tenure, the school has boasted the second-highest graduation rate in the city of Chicago, with 97.6 percent of students graduating, and
WHEREAS, Westinghouse is in East Garfield Park, a community that has long seen disinvestment and been plagued with poor graduation rates, and
WHEREAS, the school has made incredible gains under Principal McGill’s leadership in terms of student achievement, and
WHEREAS, Principal McGill helped create a pre-engineering program with FH Paschen that will give students amazing opportunities to begin a STEM career, and
WHEREAS, Westinghouse has a world-class faculty that has worked with Principal McGill to enhance student achievement at Westinghouse, and
WHEREAS, Principal McGill started his education career as a member of Teach For America at Tilden Career Community Academy, and
WHEREAS, from there, Principal McGill joined the University of Illinois-Chicago Urban Education leadership Program and worked as a principal resident at Westinghouse before becoming the permanent principal, and
WHEREAS, Principal McGill is leaving his post at Westinghouse at the end of the 2018 school year, and he will leave behind him big shoes to fill in his ongoing mission to ensure that all children are afforded equal access to a quality education.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby thank and honor Patrick McGill for his contributions to students on the West Side and across the City.
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