[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  A SALUTE TO JACK MCLAUGHLIN HONORING HIS YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE 
                    BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2001

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor today to salute Berkeley 
Unified School District's Superintendent, Jack McLaughlin, for his 
years of service to the school district and city of Berkeley.
  Superintendent McLaughlin has thirty-seven years of service in 
California's public school system to his credit, with twenty-six of 
those years as a district superintendent throughout the state. 
Additionally, he has also served as a teacher, Principal and Assistant 
Superintendent. Dr. McLaughlin is leaving Berkeley Unified to become 
Nevada State's Superintendent of Public Instruction.
  Dr. McLaughlin has made a positive and profound impact on the 
students and faculty of Berkeley during his six-year tenure as its 
Superintendent. These impacts include implementation of a full scale 
class size reduction, implementation of an Early Literacy Plan, 
creation of small school academies at Berkeley High School, conversion 
of the continuation school to an alternative high school, 
implementation of a rigorous promotion and retention policy, extension 
of the day program for additional academic student support, 
construction of five new school buildings, four magnet schools and one 
new elementary school, replacement of over half of the district's bus 
fleet with more energy efficient and low emission vehicles, 
implementation of a classroom technology program and creation of 
Healthy Start programs throughout the district to extend support for 
the school district's families and students.
  While this list is just a fraction of his accomplishments in an 
active six-year tenure, it is no surprise that Dr. McLaughlin was named 
as California's Superintendent of the Year in 1999.
  I proudly join his friends and colleagues in thanking and saluting 
him for his years of service and commitment to education and wishing 
him much success on his new career in Nevada. Thank you Jack.

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