[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E58-E59]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  A SALUTE TO JACK MCLAUGHLIN HONORING HIS YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE 
                    BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2001

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor today to salute Berkeley 
Unified School District's Superintendent, Jack McLaughlin, for his 
years of service to the school district and city of Berkeley.
  Superintendent McLaughlin has thirty-seven years of service in 
California's public school system to his credit, with twenty-six of 
those years as a district superintendent throughout the state. 
Additionally, he has also served as a teacher, Principal and Assistant 
Superintendent. Dr. McLaughlin is leaving Berkeley Unified to become 
Nevada State's Superintendent of Public Instruction.
  Dr. McLaughlin has made a positive and profound impact on the 
students and faculty of

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Berkeley during his six-year tenure as its Superintendent. These 
impacts include implementation of a full scale class size reduction, 
implementation of an Early Literacy Plan, creation of small school 
academies at Berkeley High School, conversion of the continuation 
school to an alternative high school, implementation of a rigorous 
promotion and retention policy, extension of the day program for 
additional academic student support, construction of five new school 
buildings, four magnet schools and one new elementary school, 
replacement of over half of the district's bus fleet with more energy 
efficient and low emission vehicles, implementation of a classroom 
technology program and creation of Healthy Start programs throughout 
the district to extend support for the school district's families and 
students.
  While this list is just a fraction of his accomplishments in an 
active six-year tenure, it is no surprise that Dr. McLaughlin was named 
as California's Superintendent of the Year in 1999.
  I proudly join his friends and colleagues in thanking and saluting 
him for his years of service and commitment to education and wishing 
him much success on his new career in Nevada. Thank you Jack.

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