[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 86 (Monday, May 22, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E474-E475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       RECOGNIZING CLINT JOHNSTON

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                            HON. JASON SMITH

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 22, 2023

  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute an 
extraordinary educator. Clint Johnston has spent 31 years in public 
education. He retires at the end of this school year as Superintendent 
of the Jefferson R-VII district. Clint began his career in Scott County 
Missouri, teaching science, coaching baseball, and driving buses. He 
ends it in Jefferson County Missouri overseeing four schools, 160 
faculty and staff, and 1,123 students in Pre-K through 12th grade.
  Mr. Johnston takes an interest in his students, celebrating their 
achievements and helping them overcome their challenges. He encourages 
and inspires his faculty and staff to provide an exemplary education to 
the students in their care. He is, most certainly, the

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biggest cheerleader for his Jefferson County Blue Jays.
  It has been my great privilege to nominate students from Jefferson R-
VII who have achieved their dreams of attending U.S. Service academies. 
No one is prouder of their accomplishments than Superintendent 
Johnston.
  As he retires from education, he begins a new chapter that his wife 
Joy says will include some travel and some time at his family farm. To 
paraphrase a line from his favorite movie, ``Forrest Gump,'' 
``retirement is like a box of chocolates--you never know what you're 
gonna get.''
  On behalf of the thousands of children and their families whose lives 
he touched, I am proud to congratulate retiring Jefferson R-VII 
Superintendent Clint Johnston of Festus, Missouri today before the 
United States House of Representatives.

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