[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 60 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             WHY IS SPARTANBURG HIGH SCHOOL SO SUCCESSFUL?

  (Mr. DeMINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DeMINT. Madam Speaker, on a more positive note, the upstate 
region of South Carolina is home to Spartanburg High School, a four-
time winner of the National Blue Ribbon Award. It is the only school in 
our Nation to achieve this honor four times.
  Why Spartanburg High so successful? Caring parents, quality students, 
committed teachers, creative administrators, an active school board and 
encouraging community. The people have taken control of their school 
and have succeeded in spite of misguided federal programs and 
paperwork.
  Do not just take my word for it. Yesterday the Spartanburg Herald 
Journal wrote an editorial praising Congress for passing legislation to 
give schools more flexibility. It read:
  Federal lawmakers need to do more to free state and local educators 
so they can run their schools as they see fit. Education is a State and 
local matter.
  I could not have said it better myself.

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