[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8116-8117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         COMMENDING JUDITH BURD OF HUNTERDON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

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                           HON. LEONARD LANCE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 31, 2012

  Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join the Lebanon Township 
Board of Education in Hunterdon County, New Jersey in honoring Judith 
Burd. After thirty-nine years of distinguished public service as an 
educator in Hunterdon County, Mrs. Burd retired in May 2012 as the 
Superintendent of the Lebanon Township School District.
  On June 21, 2012, Mrs. Burd will be honored by the Lebanon Township 
Board of Education in Hunterdon County, New Jersey during a special 
retirement dinner to be held in Glen Gardner, New Jersey with her 
family, friends and respected colleagues in attendance. I fully expect 
the event will celebrate and honor her many professional 
accomplishments and educational advancements on behalf of parents, 
teachers and students in Hunterdon County.
  As a lifelong resident of Hunterdon County, I have known Mrs. Burd 
since we were students together at North Hunterdon Regional High School 
in the late 1960s. Her uncle, the Honorable James Howard, was a 
distinguished Member of Congress from January 3, 1965 until his 
untimely passing on March 25, 1988.

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  I can attest to her dedication and tireless efforts educating young 
people. Mrs. Burd began her career in education in 1974 as a teacher at 
Valley View Elementary School, where she taught the third grade from 
September 1975 to June 1979. From 1979 to 1994, Mrs. Burd served as a 
special education teacher and taught a resource room class for the 
perceptually impaired. From 1994 to 1996, Mrs. Burd taught seventh 
grade language arts and in 1996, Mrs. Burd became Principal of Woodglen 
Middle School, a position she held until August of 2003. In 2003, Mrs. 
Burd became the Superintendent of the Lebanon Township School District. 
For nearly four decades, Mrs. Burd has served the community with great 
professionalism and dedication.
  I am proud to join members of the Lebanon Township Board of Education 
and many Hunterdon County residents in thanking Judith Burd for her 
hard work and devotion to the Hunterdon County community. Her lifetime 
accomplishments and achievements in education will stand as a testament 
to her dedication to young people.
  I am pleased to praise Judith Burd of Hunterdon County, New Jersey 
and to share her story with my colleagues in the U.S. House of 
Representatives and with the American people.

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