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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY NEUHAUSER
1 3 A Resolution honoring Ms. Barbara Grohe for being
1 4 named the 1998 National Superintendent of the Year.
1 5 WHEREAS, Ms. Barbara Grohe possesses a bachelor's
1 6 degree in education from Clarion State College,
1 7 Clarion, Pennsylvania, a master's degree in education
1 8 from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, and a doctorate in
1 9 urban education from the University of Milwaukee; and
1 10 WHEREAS, Ms. Grohe has amassed over 30 years of
1 11 experience as an educator, serving in a wide variety
1 12 of capacities including as an elementary school
1 13 teacher and unit leader, a reading consultant, a local
1 14 program administrator for a federal special education
1 15 program, a right to read K-12 program director, an
1 16 assistant superintendent, and for the past 17 years as
1 17 a school superintendent in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and
1 18 Iowa City, Iowa; and
1 19 WHEREAS, Ms. Grohe has held the position of
1 20 superintendent of the Iowa City Community School
1 21 District, the eighth largest school district in the
1 22 state with an enrollment of 10,500 students in
1 23 kindergarten through grade 12, since 1990; and
1 24 WHEREAS, during her tenure as superintendent of the
1 25 Iowa City Community School District, Ms. Grohe has
1 26 adhered to a personal and professional philosophy of
1 27 profound concern for the children of our nation and
1 28 the belief that public education still paves the way
1 29 for their success, an awareness of the need to
1 30 understand and celebrate diversity in the school
2 1 environment, and a conviction that the disparate
2 2 elements in a local community must join forces to
2 3 develop a sense of ownership in their local public
2 4 school system; and
2 5 WHEREAS, the emphasis placed by Ms. Grohe on
2 6 community involvement in the educational experience of
2 7 children, and the forging of community and business
2 8 partnerships to facilitate that involvement, has
2 9 expanded the estimated number of such partnerships in
2 10 the Iowa City school district from approximately 25
2 11 when Ms. Grohe began as superintendent in 1990 to over
2 12 250 in 1998; and
2 13 WHEREAS, Ms. Grohe has been the author of an
2 14 extensive number of publications and a lecturer of
2 15 numerous presentations relating to many aspects of
2 16 American education, and has been the recipient of a
2 17 number of previous local and national education-
2 18 related honors and awards; and
2 19 WHEREAS, Ms. Grohe was recently named Iowa's
2 20 Superintendent of the Year, and is the first female to
2 21 be selected for this honor; and
2 22 WHEREAS, it was announced on February 27, 1998,
2 23 that Ms. Grohe has been named the National
2 24 Superintendent of the Year by a blue ribbon panel of
2 25 leaders in education, business, and government,
2 26 employing selection criteria which included leadership
2 27 for learning, communications skills, professional
2 28 development, and community involvement, from among the
2 29 50 state superintendents of the year at the American
2 30 Association of School Administrators National
3 1 Conference on Education in San Diego, California; NOW
3 2 THEREFORE,
3 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
3 4 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
3 5 recognizes and honors Ms. Barbara Grohe for her
3 6 lifetime of work and achievement in the field of
3 7 education, for her commitment to ensuring that the
3 8 children of the state of Iowa receive the best
3 9 possible public education, and for her outstanding
3 10 accomplishment in being selected the 1998 National
3 11 Superintendent of the Year.
3 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of
3 13 this Resolution be prepared for presentation to Ms.
3 14 Barbara Grohe.
3 15 LSB 4375SS 77
3 16 rn/sc/14
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