[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         SALUTING SCHOOL SUPERINTEND- ENT DR. JACK R. ANDERSON

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                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 23, 1995
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, permit me to take this opportunity to bring 
to the attention of our colleagues an outstanding individual who has 
garnered widespread respect and admiration throughout southeastern New 
York.
  Dr. Jack R. Anderson has been superintendent of schools in the East 
Ramapo School District, in Rockland County, NY, since 1977. He has 
brought national, and even international, recognition to the East 
Ramapo School District through his educational vision, his leadership, 
and his strong support for program which had been initiated in his 
community.
  East Ramapo was a culturally and ethnically diverse community when 
Dr. Anderson first arrived. Although that diversity still exists, Dr. 
Anderson has devoted himself to bringing all in the community closer 
together. When he first arrived, all eleven labor unions who do 
business with the East Ramapo School District were without contracts, 
the district was in the midst of austerity budgets, enrollment in the 
schools was declining, the community was factionalized, and the NAACP 
has filed student and staff discrimination charges.
  In a short period of time, Dr. Anderson negotiated contracts, ended 
the labor crisis, reconsolidated and reorganized the schools to more 
accurately reflect population patterns, and resolved all discrimination 
issues with the NAACP.
  Because of his outstanding record of 18 years of service, Dr. Jack 
Anderson was designated as the New York State Superintendent of the 
Year earlier this year by the American Association of School 
Administrators. More recently, he was designated by the same group as 
one of the four top school administrators in the entire Nation.
  Mr. Speaker, I have enjoyed a close working relationship with Dr. 
Anderson for many years. I consider him to be an astute and insightful 
individual, who strongly believes that the education of our young 
people is an investment in the future of our society, and is therefore 
our most important priority.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask all of our colleagues to join with me in saluting 
an outstanding individual, Superintendent Dr. Jack R. Anderson of the 
East Ramapo School District.


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