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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING JEANNINE NOTA-MASSE ON BEING SELECTED AS THE NEXT

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CRANSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Lima, McNamara, Handy, and Jacquard

     Date Introduced: April 29, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Jeannine Nota-Masse, who has served as the Assistant Superintendent of the

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Cranston School District, was unanimously chosen by the Cranston School Committee to be its

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next Superintendent; and

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     WHEREAS, Ms. Masse attained a Bachelor's degree in English from Rhode Island

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College and holds a Master's in Education, Secondary Administration, from Providence College.

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She has an extensive and exemplary public education career including eight years of service with

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the Providence School Department, fourteen years of service with the Cranston School

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Department, and two years with the East Greenwich School Department; and

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     WHEREAS, Ms. Masse has taught English at Classical High School for eight years, and

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served as the Assistant Principal at Cranston East High School for five years, as the Assistant

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Principal for Academic Affairs at Cranston East High School, and as a High School Principal in

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East Greenwich. She also served as the Executive Director of Educational Services & Programs

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for the Cranston Public Schools for two years, and as the Assistant Superintendent for the

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Cranston Public Schools for three years; and

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     WHEREAS, Ms. Masse is described by her colleagues and peers as a visionary and as

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someone who has the ability to build bridges between various groups holding differing

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perspectives on complex issues. The citizens of Cranston look forward to her forthcoming

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leadership as the Superintendent of the Cranston Public Schools and are confident that the school

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children and their teachers will thrive under her direction; now, therefore be it

 

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Jeannine Nota-Masse on being selected as the next

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Superintendent of the Cranston Public Schools; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Jeannine Nota-Masse.

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