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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2003

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING RICHARD A. ROULEAU ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 33 YEARS

OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE WARWICK SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

     Introduced By: Senator James C. Sheehan

     Date Introduced: May 21, 2003

     Referred To: Senate held on desk

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     WHEREAS, Assistant Superintendent of Warwick Schools, Richard A. Rouleau is

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retiring after 33 years of outstanding service to the Warwick School Department; and

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     WHEREAS, Born in Pawtucket, Mr. Rouleau attended Notre Dame Elementary School,

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Sacred Heart Academy and Rhode Island College, where he earned a B.A. in History. He earned

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two Masters Degrees in Education at Providence College, one in Guidance and Counseling and

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the other in Administration; and

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     WHEREAS, In 1964, Richard Rouleau led the State as captain of his high school

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basketball team, averaging 26.7 points per game and was named first team All State and Catholic

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All-American. He was a member of the Rhode Island College basketball team, serving as its

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Captain in both his junior and senior years. He scored 2,183 points during his four-year college

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career, averaging over 27 points per game. He received the Jusczsyk Award for Sportsmanship,

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and, in 1990 was inducted into the Rhode Island College Athletic Hall of Fame. He served as

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president of the Rhode Island Association of Basketball Coaches from 1978 to 1980 and was

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inducted into the Rhode Island Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1991; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Rouleau was a teacher and Head Basketball Coach at St. Raphael

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Academy and also taught for the Upward Bound Federal Summer Program from 1968 to 1970.

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He was a teacher and Head Basketball Coach at Pilgrim High School, and supervised the Brown

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University Intern Program. He served as a Guidance Counselor at Pilgrim High School, Assistant

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Principal and Principal at Warwick Veterans Memorial High School, and was named Assistant

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Superintendent of Warwick Public Schools in 2000; and

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     WHEREAS, Mr. Rouleau is a member of numerous educational committees, and has

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volunteered and served in several positions at Warwick Municipal Employees Credit Union. He

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instituted several educational initiatives while Principal at Veterans and implemented numerous

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improvements to its physical plant. His innovative alternative educational programs have resulted

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in the first working middle school model and has significantly reduced the dropout and

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suspension rate at Veteran’s High School; and

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     WHEREAS, Assistant Superintendent Rouleau is a member of the National Association

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of Secondary School Principals, the Rhode Island Association of School Principals, the Warwick

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Principals Association, the Rhode Island Association of School Administrators, and the

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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; and

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     WHEREAS, After 33 years with the Warwick School Department as a Teacher,

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Guidance Counselor, Coach, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Assistant Superintendent, Mr.

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Rouleau has decided to retire. An educational leader with a unique combination of intelligence,

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charisma, and experience, Mr. Rouleau has established a reputation for problem solving by his

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ability to discover the best in everyone. He has touched many lives and is admired for his genuine

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interest in motivating his students to succeed; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby congratulates this extraordinary educator on the occasion of his retirement and wishes

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him, his wife Mary and daughter Betsy the very best health and future happiness; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Richard A. Rouleau.

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