[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 20, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E544-E545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN HONOR OF LEEANN O'TOOLE'S DEDICATION TO THE BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL 
                                DISTRICT

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 20, 2004

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate LeeAnn O'Toole 
for 34 years of dedicated service to the Burbank Unified School 
District.
  LeeAnn began her employment with BUSD on June 1, 1970, in the 
Division of Special Services as Secretary to the Senior Psychologist 
and Supervisor of Individual Guidance. At that time, this office was a 
combination of what we now know as the Special Education and Pupil 
Services departments. After a few months, she was transferred to 
Instructional Services, and served as Secretary to the Curriculum 
Coordinators and the Supervisor of Music. She worked there until April 
1973, when she took maternity leave. Subsequently, she decided to 
resign her position to become a full-time stay at home mother.
  LeeAnn returned to the District part-time in May 1979 at McKinley 
Elementary School as a health assistant. In September 1980, she 
transferred to Jordan (Junior High School

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then) as a full time Counseling assistant. In April of 1982, she 
transferred to the Division of Instruction as a full-time Secretary to 
the Elementary Curriculum Coordinator. In May of 1984, LeeAnn moved to 
the Superintendent's Office as a Secretary. She left briefly in 1989 to 
take a position as Secretary to the Superintendent in the La Canada 
Unified School District where she was quickly promoted to Director of 
Administrative Services. The following year, she decided personnel work 
was not her true calling. Upon the retirement of the Secretary to the 
Superintendent in Burbank in 1991, she was rehired to fill that 
position where she has served ever since. Over the years, the job title 
has changed. She is now known as the Assistant to the Superintendent.
  LeeAnn is a shining role model and irreplaceable BUSD employee. I ask 
all Members of Congress to join me today in congratulating LeeAnn 
O'Toole for a truly exemplary professional and public service career, 
and for her immense commitment to the city of Burbank and its 
residents.

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