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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING JUDITH A. LUNDSTEN, CRANSTON SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT,

ON HER RETIREMENT AFTER THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF DEVOTED AND

EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF CRANSTON

     Introduced By: Senators Gallo, and Miller

     Date Introduced: April 16, 2015

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Judith A. Lundsten is retiring as the Cranston School Superintendent after

thirty-three years of dedicated service to the citizens of Cranston. She served twenty-five of those

years as an educator, teaching the visually impaired. She later served as a Teacher Leader,

Principal, Executive Director of Educational Programs & Services, Assistant Superintendent, and

finally, as Superintendent; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Lundsten has attained a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education

from the State University College at Oneonta, New York, a Master's degree in Special Education

from Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Johnson & Wales

University; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Lundsten was chosen to be the Superintendent of the Cranston Public

Schools in 2012. She inherited this position during a tumultuous time with a district facing

budget shortages and future debt repayment obligations. Facing this difficult task, she was able to

find consensus-building solutions and her compassionate and soft-spoken leadership style was

widely admired by the constituency she served. Ms. Lundsten will leave big shoes to fill and her

grace and extraordinary leadership skills will be sorely missed by the entire Cranston community;

now, therefore be it

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

hereby congratulates Judith A. Lundsten on her retirement as the Cranston School Superintendent

after thirty-three years of devoted and exemplary service to the citizens of Cranston; and be it

further

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

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Judith A. Lundsten.

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