[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF PAUL MILLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KIDANGO

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 16, 2006

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Paul Miller, 
Executive Director of Kidango, a private, nonprofit agency providing a 
variety of services to children and families in Alameda, Santa Clara 
and San Francisco Counties. Paul Miller has successfully led Kidango to 
become a leader in providing quality childcare and child development 
services to children and support services to their families.
  Mr. Miller joined Kidango in 1979 and has helped the organization 
grow from serving just 90 children at one Fremont, California center to 
over 2,800 children attending forty plus centers throughout the San 
Francisco Bay Counties. Kidango has over 350 employees. Miller points 
with pride to his dedicated and committed regional and center 
directors, teaching staff, maintenance, food service and administrative 
staff, all who have an integral role in making sure the families and 
children Kidango serve receive the best quality programs possible.
  Recent evidence of Paul Miller's ability to seize new opportunities 
and offer quality programs for children is readily apparent in Union 
City, California, where Kidango operates a preschool program on every 
New Haven Unified School District campus. Building on a 20-year 
relationship, the school district and Kidango launched a Preschool for 
All program in 2001. By the following year, Union City has the 
distinction of being the first district in the State of California to 
offer Preschool for All. The flagship New Haven-Kidango Preschool for 
All program has caught the attention of educators and policymakers 
throughout the State of California.
  Mr. Miller continues to work hard to introduce Universal Preschool to 
other Bay Area school districts and the California Superintendent of 
Public Instruction has appointed him to the Universal Preschool Task 
Force.
  In addition to.his exemplary administrative leadership at Kidango, 
Paul Miller is a major force throughout the State of California 
advocating for public policy that promotes quality childcare and early 
education. He is actively involved in the Child Development Policy 
Institute, the leader in the childcare and development field on fiscal 
and public policy matters, and the principal advocate for children and 
families in California's legislative budget process.
  Paul Miller's 30 plus years of advocacy for children and their 
families are beyond measure. He is committed and dedicated to 
excellence as demonstrated by the growth and success of Kidango. He 
works tirelessly with a single focus of inspiring all children and 
their families by promoting their potential and diversity through 
quality education and nurturing relationships.
  Paul will be recognized at a well-deserved Kidango Staff Appreciation 
Dinner on May 20, 2006. I join them in appreciating him for his good 
work.

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