[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1383]
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                    CONGRATULATING STEVEN B. RENEAU

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                           HON. VITO FOSSELLA

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2006

  Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, I want to extend my congratulations to 
Steven B. Reneau, a Staten Island resident and recent graduate of 
Staten Island Technical High School. Steven is the Iron Man of the city 
school system. You see, since he entered the first grade in 1994, 
Steven has not missed a single day of school--translating to roughly 
2,160 consecutive days of class.
  Steven never gave much thought to the distinction until his eighth-
grade teacher at St. John's Lutheran School on Staten Island noted that 
his attendance had been unblemished. From this point forward, Steven 
made attending class every day his priority.
  Instead of being held down by illness, bouts of exhaustion, or 
pressure from his peers to cut class, Steven says his perfect 
attendance drove him to keep going--with a few tough love nudges from 
Mom. Steven even postponed an all-expenses-paid trip to M.I.T. because 
the visit was in the middle of the school week.
  His persistence has paid off. Steven, who was elected class president 
three times and was a member of the swim team, has received three 
scholarships to Yale University to study economics and history with an 
eye toward graduate school--with perfect attendance--no doubt. Again I 
want to congratulate Steven on his outstanding achievement and I wish 
him the best in his future endeavors.

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