SENATE RESOLUTION

2000-8785

By Senator Hale

     WHEREAS, Kamiakin High School principal Bob McMullen has been named High School Principal of the Year by the Washington Association of Secondary School Principals, and;

     WHEREAS, Bob McMullen has taken a leadership role among his peers in coordinating conferences, serving on several state committees setting standards for students, and making national presentations, and;

     WHEREAS, Bob McMullen is a Washington native, a graduate of Whitworth College and Western Washington University, who has selflessly shared his love of learning and talent for teaching with the children of his home state, and;

     WHEREAS, Bob McMullen held his first teaching job in Kennewick where he now  presides over a school that has more than 1,300 students and 120 staff members, and;

     WHEREAS, Bob McMullen unselfishly gives full credit for his school=s successes to his teachers and the community, and;

     WHEREAS, Bob McMullen has responded to the praise of his work with humility and with a request for Kennewick voters to support the next bond issue to remodel Kamiakin High School which is now more than thirty years old, and;

     WHEREAS, Bob McMullen proudly wears a button proclaiming his school=s goal that eighty-five percent of sophomores pass the WASL in 2006, and;

     WHEREAS, Bob McMullen is now among the fifty-three state finalists being considered for National High School Principal of the Year and will represent Washington State at an education symposium in Washington D.C. this fall;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the state of Washington, that Kamiakin High School Principal, Bob McMullen be honored for his dedication to his school and to his community and for his concern for the children of Kennewick and across the state, and;

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate of the state of Washington wishes Bob McMullen good luck in the competition for National High School Principal of the Year; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Bob McMullen and to Kamiakin High School for permanent display.

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 2000-8785,

adopted by the Senate March 23, 2000.

TONY M. COOK

Secretary of the Senate