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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 345 Offered February 15, 2023 Commending Jon Andrew Buttram. ---------- Patron-- Petersen ----------

WHEREAS, Jon Andrew Buttram 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, Jon Buttram served nine terms on the City of Fairfax School Board, including as chair, vice chair, and legislative liaison, 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; and

WHEREAS, Jon Buttram has additionally provided leadership as the chair of the Northeastern Region of the Virginia School Boards Association and through his support of the most recent school bond referendum committee; and

WHEREAS, Jon Buttram has been active in Fairfax City schools through multiple parent-teacher associations, as an instructor for hands-on science after-school activities, as a high school science fair judge, and as an Odyssey of the Mind coach and judge, fostering the achievements of countless students; and

WHEREAS, Jon Buttram has given generously of his time and talents to a number of city and community organizations, including the Fairfax City Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, the Southeast Fairfax Citizens Association, an elementary school consolidation task force, and two Southeast Fairfax traffic calming task forces, helping to make Fairfax City a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Jon Andrew Buttram 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 Jon Andrew Buttram as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his contributions to the Commonwealth and best wishes in his future endeavors.