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2023 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 342
Commending Mitchell Allen Sutterfield, Ph.D.

 

Agreed to by the Senate, February 16, 2023
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 20, 2023

 

WHEREAS, Mitchell Allen Sutterfield, Ph.D., is an esteemed public servant who retired from the City of Fairfax School Board in 2022 after working tirelessly for the benefit of students and teachers in his community for many years; and

WHEREAS, Mitchell “Mitch” Sutterfield served six terms on the City of Fairfax School Board, overseeing Fairfax City’s four schools and the Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts within Fairfax High School, which collectively serve more than 5,000 students; he was also reelected as the board’s vice chair in July 2022; and

WHEREAS, Mitch Sutterfield has been a resident of Fairfax City since 1964 and is a product of the city’s public schools, graduating from the former Fairfax Elementary School, what is now Katherine Johnson Middle School, and ultimately Fairfax High School in 1972; and

WHEREAS, after earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English at The College of William and Mary, Mitch Sutterfield received a doctoral degree in English from George Washington University in 1992; and

WHEREAS, in 1977, Mitch Sutterfield embarked upon an accomplished 32-year career as an English teacher and coach of football and wrestling at Fairfax High School, where he contributed greatly to the success of his students and retired in 2009; and

WHEREAS, Mitch Sutterfield’s steadfast dedication to his students was honored in 2004 when he was selected by Rotary International as Teacher of the Year from among the four schools in the City of Fairfax; and

WHEREAS, Mitch Sutterfield was inducted into the Fairfax High School Sports Hall of Fame and the Virginia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and in 2003, he was named Virginia Wrestling Coach of the Year by the Virginia High School League Coaches Association; and

WHEREAS, before joining the City of Fairfax School Board, Mitch Sutterfield was its representative to the Fairfax County Superintendent’s Business and Community Advisory Council; his commitment to the City of Fairfax has also been reflected by his service on the board of the Mosby Woods Community Association; and

WHEREAS, since Mitch Sutterfield retired from being a full-time educator in 2009, he has continued to give generously of his talents and expertise as a substitute teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Mitchell Allen Sutterfield, Ph.D., on the occasion of his retirement from the City of Fairfax School Board; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Mitchell Allen Sutterfield, Ph.D., as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his contributions to the Commonwealth.