[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 130 (Friday, October 7, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H8738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          COOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Coosa Middle 
School in Rome, Georgia, for being named a Blue Ribbon School by the 
United States Department of Education. This award recognizes schools 
that dramatically improve student performance on State tests and whose 
students excel at the educational standards set by our States. I am 
extremely proud Coosa Middle School has attained these goals. Coosa 
Middle School was one of only 12 middle schools across the Nation to 
win this prestigious award and the only middle school in the State of 
Georgia to do so.
  Floyd County Superintendent Kelly Henson, Coosa Principal Lisa 
Landrum, the Floyd County Board of Education and all the teachers at 
Coosa Middle School deserve our praise and admiration for the fine work 
they do educating Rome's schoolchildren.
  Their efforts show how much our students can achieve when we give 
them a solid educational foundation based on high expectations and the 
resources needed to help students meet these expectations.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in congratulating Coosa Middle 
School.

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