[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1954]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING FORT WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 30, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Fort 
Washington Elementary School for their distinguished educational 
program.
  Fort Washington is a school with a rich history. Fort Washington 
Elementary Union School District formed on July 6, 1874 and consisted 
of one school. Lincoln Elementary Union School, a one-room school, 
formed January 21, 1909. On March 3, 1945, the two schools merged after 
the original Lincoln School burned down. A new Fort Washington Lincoln 
School, consisting of five classrooms, was built in 1957 at the site of 
the current school. On December 22, 1959, the new district elected to 
join eight other rural elementary school districts to form the highly 
acclaimed Clovis Unified School District. Since then, the school has 
added over one dozen classrooms, a staff lounge, multi-purpose room, 
administrative offices, outdoor amphitheater, and a blacktop area. 
Clovis Unified built another elementary school on the site of the 
original Lincoln School in 1977. This new campus was named Lincoln 
Elementary. Fort Washington-Lincoln School was then changed to Fort 
Washington Elementary School, proud home of the Patriots.
  Over 750 students are currently being served by 67 dedicated staff 
members. In June of 1986, Fort Washington was selected as one of 210 
exemplary public schools from across the nation as part of the United 
States Department of Education's First National Recognition Program for 
elementary schools. In 1997, the school was recognized as a California 
Distinguished School. During the 1998-1999 school year, the school 
accomplished a feat that has only been attained by two percent of the 
schools in the United States; Fort Washington received the honor of 
being designated a National Blue Ribbon School for the third time.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Fort Washington Elementary School 
for their renowned educational program. I urge my colleagues to join me 
in wishing Fort Washington Elementary School many more years of 
continued success.

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