H.R. No. 2555

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Arlington Independent School District is
	celebrating the dedication of Diane Patrick Elementary School in
	the fall of 2015; and
	WHEREAS, Transforming the nature of instruction, this
	18-acre campus offers students outdoor and collaborative learning
	spaces, a 21st-century media center, a broadcasting studio, and the
	first two STEM labs in an Arlington ISD elementary school; and
	WHEREAS, The opening ceremony provides an ideal opportunity
	to recognize the school's namesake, educator and former state
	representative Dr. Diane Patrick; a veteran teacher, Dr. Patrick
	currently serves on the faculty of the Department of Educational
	Leadership and Policy Studies at The University of Texas at
	Arlington; she also teaches at Dallas Baptist University, and she
	has taught at Texas Christian University as well; and
	WHEREAS, Early in her career, Dr. Patrick served as an
	elementary teacher in the Waco, Richardson, and Birdville
	Independent School Districts; she subsequently became director of
	educational programs at two psychiatric hospitals; she holds a
	bachelor's degree in education from Baylor University and both a
	master's degree in elementary education and a doctoral degree in
	educational administration from the University of North Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Patrick has worked tirelessly in behalf of the
	state's students in numerous capacities; following an 11-year
	tenure on the Arlington ISD Board of Trustees, during which time she
	served four years as president, she won election to the Texas State
	Board of Education in 1992; she currently serves as a director of
	the Arlington ISD Education Foundation and the Texas Education
	Reform Foundation, and she has given generously of her expertise to
	the Texas Center for Educational Research Advisory Board and the
	Consortium of State Organizations of Texas Teacher Educators; and
	WHEREAS, First elected to the Texas House in 2006,
	Dr. Patrick greatly benefited public education through her
	accomplishments over the course of four terms in the legislature;
	she served as vice chair of the Higher Education Committee, where
	she was a champion for UT--Arlington, and she authored numerous
	pieces of significant legislation, including the state's first
	comprehensive anti-bullying bill and bills providing for
	developmental education reform, increased transparency in higher
	education, and improved educator preparation; she was regarded by
	fellow legislators as one of the foremost experts on public and
	higher education in Texas government; and
	WHEREAS, Dr. Patrick has also committed her time and talents
	to advancing a host of worthy causes and organizations within her
	community; she is a Junior League Sustainer and a member of the
	Downtown Rotary Club, and she has served as county co-chair of the
	March of Dimes and as a member of the Children's Advocacy Network
	board, the Downtown Arlington Rotary Club, the Junior League of
	Arlington, and the Arlington Republican Club; and
	WHEREAS, Named to the Legislative Honor Roll by the Texas
	Parent Teacher Association, Dr. Patrick is the recipient of myriad
	other accolades, among them the Lone Star Conservative Leader Award
	from the Texas Conservative Roundtable, the Excellence in Public
	Service Award from the Texas Hospital Association, and the Patient
	Advocacy Award from the Texas Dental Association; and
	WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Diane Patrick is supported by
	the love and encouragement of her husband, Dr. Ned Patrick; she is
	the proud mother of two Arlington ISD graduates, and she recently
	celebrated the arrival of her seventh grandchild; and
	WHEREAS, Diane Patrick has advanced the quality of education
	in Arlington and the Lone Star State through her ceaseless
	endeavors as an educator and public servant, and the naming of a
	school in her honor is truly a fitting tribute; now, therefore, be
	it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize Dr. Diane Patrick on the occasion of
	the dedication of Diane Patrick Elementary School and extend to her
	sincere best wishes for continued success in her important work;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Dr. Patrick as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Turner of Tarrant
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 2555 was adopted by the House on May
	21, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House