HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05251999 - C30 III THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Honoring Paul E.Allen, �
Superintendent of the Mt. Diahlo } RESOLUTION NO. 991231.
+unified School District on the
Occasion of his retirement �
97BEREAS, Paul Allem sued as an,outstanding leader in education from 196€1 to 1999 as teacher, Vice
Principal, Principal, Consultant, Director of Blernentary Education, Associate Superintendent of Administrative
Se ices,and Superintendent of the Mt. Diablo School District,and
47HEREAS, from 1973 to 1975 on leave of absence from the Mt. Diablo Unified District, he served as
' Assistant Headmaster of the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon, a program for children with
learning disabilities, and
4WE ,j Mr. Allen was influential in the passage of Measure A in 1989 to improve facilities in the Mt
Diablo Unified School District and he responded promptly to the asbestos crisis at North Cate High School, has
been instrumental in securing financing for abatement, instrumental in converting a $1,436,548 district loam
into a granq and
RWEREAS he developed a partnership between Mt. Diablo Unified School District and the City of Walnut
Creek for construction of a community gymnasium and arranged a "school site in Pittsburg to house a new
Elementary School and negotiated financing for construction of the school;and
9WERl1A5; as Superintendent he was instrumental in the financing, development, and construction of a new
building to replace the unsafe, dilapidated building that housed the entire staff of the district's Maintenance and
Operations Department, and implemented as well a host of ideas that served to foster goodwill among faculty,
pants, and staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors does hereby
acknowledge that on June 8, 1999 Paul E. Allen will retire.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON May 25, 1999, by a unanimous vote of the Board members
present.
Mark DeSaulnier
John Ci' Cay . 7ilkcema
Ikon Cer r Joe Canciamilla, Chair
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the ?Minutes of
said Board of Supervisors on the aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of
Supenisors affixed this 25`x`day ofMay, 1999.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator.
By r
Deputy Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor
Mark DeSaulnier, District IV
RESOLI,TTION NO. 99/231