A house RESOLUTION

 

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR Terri Maddox Craft, A secretary AT Sandhills Primary School IN Lexington SCHOOL DISTRICT Four, AND TO CONGRATULATE HER FOR BEING NAMED THE SCHOOL'S Support Staff OF THE YEAR.

 

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that Terri Maddox Craft has been named the Support Staff of the Year at Sandhills Primary School in Lexington School District Four; and

 

Whereas, intended to showcase outstanding professional educational support staff who exemplify the ideals of their profession and whose efforts and example have inspired others, the Support Staff of the Year Program recognizes members of school support staff who demonstrate exemplary excellence in educational support roles; and

 

Whereas, Ms. Craft was born in Georgia and moved to South Carolina in 1976.  She began her career in Lexington School District Four in 2005 as a 190 elementary school secretary, that is, a support staff member who works one hundred ninety days of the school year, before moving to a support-staff position in the district office; and

 

Whereas, Ms. Craft served five years in the district office before moving to Sandhills Primary School in 2015 as a 240 secretary, a member of the support staff who works two hundred forty days a year.  In her position, she is in charge of purchasing, bookkeeping, and enrollment; and

 

Whereas, together with her beloved husband, William R. "Randy" Craft, she has reared two fine children, Tyler and Justin, and she enjoys keeping her grandchildren on the weekends; and

 

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives value the work of dedicated educational support staff in the Palmetto State, who devote themselves to our youth by helping them to prepare to become productive citizens, and especially support staff like Terri Craft, whose outstanding service has been honored by her peers.  Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Terri Maddox Craft, a secretary at Sandhills Primary School in Lexington School District Four, and congratulate her for being named the school's Support Staff of the Year.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Terri Maddox Craft.

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