Whereas on June 30, 2011, Jeannie Washington will
officially retire from the Los Angeles Unified School District;
Whereas Jeannie Washington has provided 43 years of
service to the Los Angeles Unified School District, the County of Los Angeles,
and civic organizations;
Whereas during her career, she taught at Bethune Junior
High in Los Angeles, Robert Frost Junior High in Granada Hills, William
Mulholland Junior High School in Van Nuys, and George Washington Preparatory
High School in Los Angeles;
Whereas during her career, she taught thousands of
students in the Los Angeles area in the subjects of History, Social Studies,
Reading, and English as a Second Language;
Whereas during her tenure with the Los Angeles Unified
School District, she also served in the capacity of Dean of Discipline, Testing
Coordinator, Department Chair, Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Chair, and member of the School Site Council;
Whereas she has consistently recognized the importance of
involvement by the community in cultivating integrity, commitment, and
education within the community’s youth;
Whereas through her dedication to the profession of
teaching, she became active in the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union,
the Pace Committee, and the Afro-American Teachers Organization;
Whereas her dedicated service and commitment to the
education of the youth of Los Angeles earned her the honor of being named a
Freeman Foundation Scholar;
Whereas as a Freeman Foundation Scholar, she traveled to
China on a 21-day tour with 20 other educators from northern and southern
California;
Whereas as one of the founders of the Black Women’s Forum,
she co-chaired the Education Task Force and established the Black College Fair,
resulting in hundreds of Los Angeles area students attending and graduating
from Historically Black Colleges and Universities;
Whereas as a result of her outstanding commitment to
education, Jeannie Washington was recognized as a Who’s Who Among
American Teachers: The Best Teachers in America
in 1996 and 2010;
and
Whereas because of her dedication to teaching, significant
accomplishments, and respect for the teaching profession, she has been an
inspiration to students and community members: Now, therefore, be it
That the House of Representatives honors
Jeannie Washington for 43 years of service in education and the community in
the Los Angeles Unified School District.