[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 124 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1743-E1744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE BELLEVUE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON BEING 
              SELECTED AS ONE OF ``OHIO'S BEST PRACTICES''

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 17, 1998

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today 
to pay special tribute to an outstanding educational program from 
Ohio's Fifth Congressional District. Today, the Bellevue City School 
District is receiving recognition for its excellence in education by 
being named as one of ``Ohio's Best Practices.''
  Mr. Speaker, Ohio's BEST, which stands for Building Excellent Schools 
for Today & the 21st Century, is an education partnership that seeks to 
identify and celebrate exemplary grassroots educational programs that 
have

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proven to be successful in improving the performance of Ohio's 
students.
  The students, parents, teachers, and administrators of the Bellevue 
City School District and the entire Bellevue, Ohio community have a 
great deal to be proud of in receiving this prestigious award. Without 
question, it takes a special group of people and an enormous amount of 
effort and ingenuity to be selected as one of Ohio's BEST practices.
  In being selected for this honor, the Bellevue City School District 
displayed its success in designing and implementing effective 
approaches to improving the educational results of its students. Ohio's 
BEST schools are chosen based on several criteria including commitment 
to the cornerstone principles of: (1) high academic standards, (2) 
world-class teaching and professional development, (3) providing safe, 
secure schools for better learning environments, and (4) state-of-the-
art infrastructures for the 21st Century.
  Mr. Speaker, the future education of our children is paramount to the 
future of our great nation. Each day, our schools provide our leaders 
of tomorrow with the skills they need to begin the next century. The 
Bellevue City School District is working to ensure our children are 
prepared to face the challenges of today and seize the opportunities of 
tomorrow. I would urge my colleagues to stand and join me in paying 
special tribute to one of Ohio's BEST practices--the Bellevue City 
School District, and in wishing them continued success in the future.

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