Bill Text: VA HR236 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Sarah Goldenberg Fraher.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-04 - Bill text as passed House (HR236ER) [HR236 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HR236-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Sarah Goldenberg Fraher, a respected Chesterfield County educator, died on September 9, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Sarah Fraher was born in Lynchburg and graduated from E. C. Glass High School in Lynchburg; she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in education from Lynchburg College; and
WHEREAS, Sarah Fraher began her career in special education in Henrico County at Lakeside Elementary, and then taught in Chesterfield County at Salem Church Elementary, Swift Creek Elementary, Crestwood Elementary, and Providence Middle School, where she served as special education coordinator; and
WHEREAS, Sarah Fraher began her administrative career as an assistant principal at Falling Creek Middle School in 1998, and served as principal there from 2001 to 2008; in 2008, she was asked to help start Elizabeth Davis Middle School, where she served as principal for two years; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, Sarah Fraher became principal at Manchester Middle School, where she served until retiring in June 2018; and
WHEREAS, Sarah Fraher was known as a communicative and caring educator who had numerous interests as an avid sailor, hiker, traveler, reader, and lover of good food; and
WHEREAS, Sarah Fraher will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by her mother, Donna; her husband, Edward; her children, Carl and Catherine, and their families; and numerous other family and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Sarah Goldenberg Fraher, a respected Chesterfield County educator; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Sarah Goldenberg Fraher as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for her memory.
