[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 135 (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2340]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CHINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PARKVILLE, MISSOURI

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 23, 2009

  Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize Chinn 
Elementary School in Parkville, MO. The school opened in 1959, and was 
officially named Thomas B. Chinn Elementary School in honor of Thomas 
B. Chinn, in gratitude for his long service and as a tribute to his 
profession.
  Mr. Conyers was the first principal of the school in 1959. Chinn 
started as a 13 room structure and contained 1st through 6th grade. 
Since 1959, there have been 2 additions to the building, increasing 
grade level classrooms to 24, as well as several additional small rooms 
and a new gymnasium. Over the past 50 years, Chinn has had thousands of 
students pass through the halls.
  Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in commending Chinn 
Elementary for the learning foundation it has provided to so many 
students for so many years.

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