Senate Bill 1374

    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 1374

    By Senator Clary





    7-1530-99                                               See HB

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution in recognition of Dr. John

  3         Dunworth.

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  5         WHEREAS, Dr. John Dunworth has served as a classroom

  6  teacher, an assistant principal, a principal, an assistant

  7  superintendent, and a district superintendent of schools, as

  8  well as a professor, dean, and college president, and

  9         WHEREAS, Dr. Dunworth earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees

10  from the University of California, and received an Ed.D. in

11  educational administration and supervision from the University

12  of Southern California, and

13         WHEREAS, Dr. Dunworth has contributed numerous

14  publications to the educational profession and is well known

15  as a public speaker, and

16         WHEREAS, Dr. John Dunworth is past president of George

17  Peabody College for Teachers, where he served from 1974 until

18  1979, and

19         WHEREAS, prior to his appointment as President of

20  Peabody College, Dr. Dunworth served for over seven years as

21  Dean of the Teachers College and Professor of Educational

22  Administration at Ball State University, one of the largest

23  teacher education institutions in the United States, and

24         WHEREAS, he has also held the position of Director of

25  Dependents Schools for the Department of Defense in the

26  Pacific and Far East, and

27         WHEREAS, following his assignment as the first Dean of

28  the College of Education at the University of West Florida,

29  Dr. Dunworth accepted the post of Superintendent of the Santa

30  Ana Unified School District in California, one of the ten

31  largest school systems in that state, and

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 1374
    7-1530-99                                               See HB




  1         WHEREAS, after retirement in 1985 he was invited to

  2  serve as the Jones Distinguished University Professor at

  3  Emporia State University in Kansas, and later as an interim

  4  dean of education in the State University System of

  5  California, and

  6         WHEREAS, Dr. John Dunworth recently came to the

  7  forefront of public attention when he volunteered to take over

  8  as the principal of Munson Elementary School in Santa Rosa

  9  County, for the yearly salary of $1, and

10         WHEREAS, in 1997, Santa Rosa County school

11  administrators recommended closing Munson Elementary School

12  because of declining enrollment, dismal test scores, and high

13  costs, and

14         WHEREAS, when parents put up a fight to keep the

15  school, the school board decided to give the school one more

16  chance, and extend the life of the school for another year,

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18         WHEREAS, it was at that point that Dr. Dunworth took

19  over as principal of Munson Elementary and turned the school's

20  fortunes around, and

21         WHEREAS, Munson Elementary now boasts a 15 percent

22  increase in enrollment, and has added three teachers to its

23  staff, and

24         WHEREAS, teachers at Munson Elementary focus on

25  technology and innovative learning methods, and

26         WHEREAS, with 84 computers in the school, the school

27  has the highest ratio of computers to students in the school

28  district, and

29         WHEREAS, under the leadership of Dr. Dunworth's

30  successor, Principal David Johnson, Munson Elementary School

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  1  is now working on a program to begin placing computers in

  2  students' homes, and

  3         WHEREAS, Dr. John Dunworth's selfless contribution to

  4  the success of the Munson Elementary School should serve as an

  5  example, not just to educators and school administrators, but

  6  to people in all fields of endeavor, and

  7         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the Florida

  8  Senate honor Dr. John Dunworth, NOW, THEREFORE,

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10  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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12         That the Florida Senate honors Dr. John Dunworth for

13  his outstanding career as an educator and for his

14  contributions to the Munson Elementary School in Santa Rosa

15  County.

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