Recognizing Clint Johnston

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Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute an extraordinary educator. Clint Johnston has spent 31 years in public education. He retires at the end of this school year as Superintendent of the Jefferson R-VII district. Clint began his career in Scott County Missouri, teaching science, coaching baseball, and driving buses. He ends it in Jefferson County Missouri overseeing four schools, 160 faculty and staff, and 1,123 students in Pre-K through 12th grade.

Mr. Johnston takes an interest in his students, celebrating their achievements and helping them overcome their challenges. He encourages and inspires his faculty and staff to provide an exemplary education to the students in their care. He is, most certainly, the biggest cheerleader for his Jefferson County Blue Jays.

It has been my great privilege to nominate students from Jefferson R- VII who have achieved their dreams of attending U.S. Service academies. No one is prouder of their accomplishments than Superintendent Johnston.

As he retires from education, he begins a new chapter that his wife Joy says will include some travel and some time at his family farm. To paraphrase a line from his favorite movie, ``Forrest Gump,'' ``retirement is like a box of chocolates--you never know what you're gonna get.''

On behalf of the thousands of children and their families whose lives he touched, I am proud to congratulate retiring Jefferson R-VII Superintendent Clint Johnston of Festus, Missouri today before the United States House of Representatives.

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