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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2005

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

HONORING JACQUELINE WHITE ON HER RETIREMENT AS PRESIDENT OF THE

CRANSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

     Introduced By: Senator Hanna M. Gallo

     Date Introduced: February 03, 2005

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Jacqueline White is being honored for her outstanding and unsurpassed

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service as President of the Cranston School Committee; and

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     WHEREAS, During Jacqueline's 16 years of selfless dedication and commitment to the

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Cranston School Committee, she has been responsible for a great number of programs promoting

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academic integrity, such as: revised teacher evaluation system, revised interview process for

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hiring new teachers, curriculum revision in all areas, lowering class size, full-time reading teacher

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in every school, fostered the process to negotiate concessions from all school department unions

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during city budget crisis, instrumental in negotiating coverage change for all school department

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personnel from Classic Blue Cross to Health Mate Coast to Coast, initiated through resolution

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school committee negotiating its own contracts and developed and implemented the Cranston

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Sports Hall of Fame (funds raised supported school athletic programs during difficult financial

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times). She has also strongly supported a number of programs benefiting the children in the

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Cranston School System; and

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     WHEREAS, Jacqueline's leadership as President of the Cranston School Committee as

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well as her role as a member of the school committee serving Ward 3 for 4 years and citywide for

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12 years, Chairperson of the Cranston School Committee for 6 years and Clerk of the school

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committee for 10 years is unparalleled; and

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     WHEREAS, In Jacqueline's consistency to assist children in all facets of life, she also

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served on the 21st Century Grant Committee (a committee for extended school year activities for

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all Bain Middle School students), with grants totaling $350,000, Special Education Parent

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Advisory Board, Cranston Education Advisory Board, Title 1 Parent Involvement Committee,

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PTA, Girl Scout leader and committee member of the Cranston Hall of Fame; and

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     WHEREAS, Jacqueline put her heart and soul in every position she held and the outcome

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of that commitment is proven by the success of the Cranston Schools. It is only fitting to set aside

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a time where we honor this individual for her commitment; now, therefore be it

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

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hereby congratulates this extraordinary individual on the occasion of her retirement as President

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of the Cranston School Committee. The City of Cranston should be proud and grateful to have

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had the services of Jacqueline White. We wish her the very best health and future happiness; and

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be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Jacqueline White.

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