[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO PAUL BIANCHI

 Mr. OSSOFF. Madam President, I rise to commend Paul Bianchi, 
whose leadership in education has helped thousands of children to 
flourish, improved our world, and built a Georgia legacy that will 
endure.
  After 52 years as head of school for The Paideia School, Mr. Bianchi 
will retire on June 30, 2023. At Paideia, Mr. Bianchi has built an 
institution to nourish the minds and hearts of children in Georgia.
  After earning an undergraduate degree and a M.A. in teaching at 
Harvard University, Mr. Bianchi was offered an opportunity to teach at 
The Galloway School in Atlanta. After 1 year at Galloway, Mr. Bianchi 
was approached by a group of Atlanta parents who asked him to establish 
a new school that would emphasize individualized instruction, 
academics, and the arts. Mr. Bianchi agreed to lead that effort, and in 
1971, helped open The Paideia School. Under Mr. Bianchi's decades of 
leadership, Paideia has grown to serve a student body of 1,020 
students. Mr. Bianchi added a high school in 1973 and has managed the 
growth of a thriving campus with gyms, theaters, science labs, and 
maker studios.
  Mr. Bianchi's leadership has lifted thousands of young people to 
understand their world and their potential. His work has instilled in 
generations of students the knowledge, curiosity, and compassion to 
pursue their dreams and to make a positive difference for our State, 
our Nation, and the world.
  As Georgia's U.S. Senator, like so many whose lives Paul has shaped, 
I am deeply grateful for his service to education, to Georgia, to the 
United States, and to the world.

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