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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to recognize Mathias Tabar and his 
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years of service in the education field; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mathias M. Tabar is retiring after 18 years as the 
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Superintendent of Emmons School District 33 in Antioch; he was 
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born and spent his childhood in Chicago; he received his 
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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education from 
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Northeastern Illinois University in 1971; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He started his career in 1971 as a child care 
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worker and recreational activities coordinator at Central 
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Baptist Children's Home in Lake Villa; from 1973 to 1980 he 
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taught third grade and learning disabilities resource at 
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Pleviak School in Lake Villa; he received his Master of Arts 
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degree in Educational Administration at Chicago State 
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University in 1980; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He started his career in educational 
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administration in 1980 as principal of Sidney Grade School in 
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Sidney and Philo Grade School in Philo;  from 1984 to 1990 he 
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returned to Lake County and became the principal at B. J. 
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Hooper Elementary School in Lindenhurst; he acquired his 
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Educational Specialist degree from Northeastern Illinois 
 


 






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University in 1989; in 1990 he became the superintendent of 
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Emmons School District 33; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Matt Tabar is active in the community; he welcomed 
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parent participation at Emmons School through volunteering at 
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the school and he worked closely with the Emmons PTO; he is an 
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Antioch Rotarian, serving on various committees and chairing 
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the Rotary's scholarship committee; he is a member of the Lake 
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County Superintendents; for many years he worked on the Special 
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Education District of Lake County Management Council, 
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including serving in the past as its president; and he is 
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currently an active member of the SEDOL Foundation; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Matt Tabar has provided change for the district, 
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including new additions to the school and promoting two 
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successful referenda; he has witnessed growth in the district 
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and has touched the lives of many children in the last eighteen 
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years; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Mathias Tabar on his retirement and wish him the 
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best in his future endeavors; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mathias Tabar as a symbol of our sincere respect.