[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9928]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SUPERINTENDENT JANE RUSSO'S RETIREMENT

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
a very dedicated leader from my community, our superintendent Jane 
Russo. She has served the Santa Ana Unified School District for over 25 
years. As the first woman superintendent for Santa Ana Unified, she has 
been a visionary for the community.
  Superintendent Russo has built partnerships with parents, with 
community leaders, with government, and with business leaders. She has 
taken leadership roles she has mentored and she has shown parents and 
faculty and administrators, the business community, all of us, what it 
is to truly collaborate and work together.
  With approximately 58,000 students, 61 schools, 4,500 employees, 
Superintendent Russo manages the second largest employer in Santa Ana 
and the largest school district in Orange County and the sixth largest 
school district in California.
  Her accomplishments have been recognized at the State and national 
levels. Under her leadership for the school district's academic 
performance index, it increased by nearly 100 points, and she received 
the highest score on State compliance report cards for special 
education and the highest increase in State testing for English 
language learners scoring proficient and above.
  Ms. Russo will leave a lasting legacy in our district. She has shaped 
and made our community even better, and I am honored to recognize such 
a great member of our community, and I congratulate her on her 
retirement.

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