HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 06181991 - 91-405 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO. 91/405
Honoring Orene Hopkins upon
her Retirement as Director of
Alternative Education,County
Office of Education
WHEREAS,Orene Hopkins will be retiring as Director of Alternative Education,Contra Costa County Office
of Education,effe, tive on June 30,1991,after over thirty-five years in the field of education;and
WHEREAS,Mrs.Hopkins received her A.A.Liberal Arts Degree in 1952 from San Francisco Community
College,her B.A.Education Degree from San Francisco State University in 1954 and her M.A.Degree in Special
Education in 1964 from San Francisco State University;and
WHEREAS,Mrs.Hopkins began her employment in the County Office of Education in 1968,as Principal of
Special Schools in Pleasant Hill;.and
WHEREAS,she served as Affirmative Action Officer from January 1973-January 1977,as Director of the
Comprehensive Plan for Special Education from July 1974 to June 1982,as Acting Director of the Contra Costa
County Special Education Local Plan Area from.1981 to 1982,as Director of Juvenile Court Schools and Adult Educa-
tion from 1982 to 1990,and has served as Director of Alternative Education since 1990;and
WHEREAS,Mrs. Hopkins is President of the Juvenile Court Schools Administrators Association and is a
member of the Board of Directors of the Kennedy-King Memorial College Scholarship Fund,the Bay Area Red Cross,
and the Diablo Chapter of the American Red Cross. She is a member of the National Alliance of Black School Edu-
cators,the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People„and the Soroptimist International. Over the
past two decades,she was affiliated with a number of worthy community organizations;and
WHEREAS,Mrs.Hopkins was appointed by the California State Board of Education as a member of the Cali-
fornia State Commission on Special.Education from 1977-1984 serving as the Commission's chairperson from 1981-82.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY,CALIFORNIA hereby honors and commends Orene Hopkins on the occasion of her retirement. from the
Contra Costa County Office of Education and for her valuable contribution in the area of Special Education and
Alternative Education Programs operated by the County Superintendent of Schools and for her lifelong dedicated
service to her community.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on the 18th day of June,1991.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of said Board
of Supervisors of the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on
Introduced by: this 18th day of June,1991.
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board
of Sup ors Countytrator
Tom Torlakson By:
Supervisor,District V a
Deputy