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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 JEANNINE NOTA-MASSE ON BEING SELECTED TO BE THE

NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CRANSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

     Introduced By: Senators Gallo, and Miller

     Date Introduced: April 16, 2015

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

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

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

next Superintendent; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the Cranston Public Schools for three years; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

hereby congratulates Jeannine Nota-Masse on being selected to be the next Superintendent of the

Cranston Public Schools; 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. Jeannine Nota-Masse.

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