TITLE: Congratulating Dr. David Anthony on his retirement as superintendent of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Dr. David Anthony on his retirement as superintendent of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Dr. David Gorden Anthony of Houston is retiring as superintendent of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District on June 30, 2011, bringing to a close an outstanding seven-year tenure in that post; and WHEREAS, After graduating from Florien High School in Florien, Louisiana, Dr. Anthony attended Panola Junior College in Carthage and East Texas Baptist College in Marshall, where he obtained his bachelor's degree in secondary education; he subsequently earned both a master of education degree in administration and supervision and a doctorate in secondary education from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, Dr. Anthony began his career as a teacher at his alma mater, Florien High School, in 1974; he was named principal of Converse High School in Converse, Louisiana, in 1978, and in 1987 he was appointed superintendent of High Island ISD; over the ensuing years, he served as superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant, Texas City, and McKinney school districts, and in 2004 he was named superintendent of Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, the third-largest school district in Texas; in this role he has been responsible for more than 106,000 students and 83 campuses and special program facilities; under his leadership, the district received its third consecutive Recognized rating from the Texas Education Agency in 2010, with 97 percent of the individual schools rated as either Recognized or Exemplary; and WHEREAS, Generous with his time, Dr. Anthony serves on the board of directors of the Texas School Alliance and on the Texas Association of School Administrators Cabinet of Superintendents, which meets routinely with the Texas commissioner of education and staff of the Texas Education Agency; he also chairs the board for the Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center and serves on the board of the Cy-Fair Houston Chamber of Commerce; and WHEREAS, A highly accomplished administrator, Dr. Anthony has led the way in fostering a supportive and challenging educational environment in the Cy-Fair school district, and his hard work and dedication have benefited many area schoolchildren; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. David Anthony on his retirement as superintendent of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in all his endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Dr. Anthony as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Harless Bohac Callegari Elkins Fletcher Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1156 was adopted by the House on May 12, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House