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House Bill 9011




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9011

        By Representatives Byrd, Littlefield, Ogles, Miller,
    Laurent, Wallace, Murman, Culp, Crist and Bradley





  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending Phoebe Irby, recipient

  3         of the 1996 Outstanding Teacher Award.

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  5         WHEREAS, Phoebe Irby, a special education teacher at

  6  Dover Exceptional Center in Hillsborough County, has been

  7  named Outstanding Teacher of 1996 by McDonald's and Walt

  8  Disney Co., and

  9         WHEREAS, Phoebe Irby has also received recognition as

10  the Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher of 1996 after being

11  named Hillsborough County's Teacher of the Year in 1995 and

12  becoming a finalist for the Florida Teacher of the Year award,

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14         WHEREAS, in being selected as the nation's top

15  educator, Phoebe Irby defeated 11 other finalists who were

16  selected from 1,500 applicants nationwide, and

17         WHEREAS, Phoebe Irby, who works with children who are

18  hearing and sight impaired, was chosen for her commitment to

19  teaching real-life skills and challenging her students to

20  become more independent through field trips into the

21  community, and

22         WHEREAS, Phoebe Irby receives praise for keeping

23  parents closely informed of their children's progress through

24  individual journals that go home with each child, and

25         WHEREAS, it is only fitting that Phoebe Irby, a

26  special-needs teacher for 19 years, be recognized for her

27  outstanding accomplishments, NOW, THEREFORE,

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29  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

30  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9011

    577-102-97






  1         That Phoebe Irby be commended as the recipient of the

  2  1996 Outstanding Teacher Award.

  3         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  4  be presented to Phoebe Irby as a tangible token of the

  5  sentiments expressed herein.

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