[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 78 (Monday, May 6, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING MRS. CONNIE PLUM

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                         HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 6, 2024

  Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Connie Plum who 
spent 41 years as a phenomenal educator for King William High School 
and to congratulate her on a well-deserved retirement.
  As a teacher, Connie dedicated her career to ensuring her students 
were civically engaged by organizing field trips to Washington D.C. to 
tour the Capitol. It is clear from the many honors she received just 
how impactful and loved as a teacher she truly was. Connie was voted 
King William High School Teacher of the Year three times, honored for 
Hardy County (WV) Teacher of the Year, and semi-finalist for WV Teacher 
of the Year. Despite all these awards, Connie will tell you that her 
single most important accomplishment was helping ``her kids'' become 
better citizens.
  Connie has set the bar high for teachers everywhere and for that, I 
thank her. For the positive impact she had on her students, Connie will 
be dearly missed in the King William County Public School district.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in celebrating the outstanding 
career of Connie Plum and congratulating her on retirement. May God 
bless her as she steps into this new chapter of her life.

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