[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8892]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING THE LIBERTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 18, 2006

  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to salute the efforts of the Liberty 
School District, the Council of Parent Teacher Associations, the Parent 
Teacher Student Associations, students, faculty and staff in their 
ongoing efforts to support a national project known as Book Relief. 
Book Relief is an unprecedented, publishing industry-wide effort that 
will distribute at least five million new books to schools and 
libraries displaced and destroyed by the 2005 hurricanes. These books 
will help to replenish school libraries as they rebuild.
  In New Orleans, 118 of 126 schools sustained damage; in Mississippi, 
300 schools were damaged, 24 of them severely damaged or destroyed. 
Nearly 190,000 Louisiana students were displaced. As organizations 
start to rebuild the Gulf Coast, Book Relief will be there to supply 
them with new books as they reopen.
  For every fifty cents raised by Liberty schools, one book will be 
contributed to the cause. Each school in the district has been actively 
participating in not only Book Relief, but also Hurricane Katrina 
relief. Liberty Schools have raised a collective $33,600 to go toward 
relief efforts. This accomplishment is nothing short of outstanding.
  Liberty, Missouri has a rich history of great accomplishments in 
their school system. Today, I am proud to celebrate and recognize the 
continued dedication to community, both at home and in the Gulf Coast, 
of the Liberty School District and its network of staff, students and 
parents. Their work is truly a shining example of the great works 
happening in public education today.

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