June 24, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 116 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E561]
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     CONGRATULATING DARIN LANDRY AS ARKANSAS PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. BRUCE WESTERMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 2020

  Mr. WESTERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Darin 
Landry of Lakeside High School in Hot Springs for his recent 
recognition as the 2020 Arkansas Principal of the Year. Landry was 
given this award by the Arkansas Association of Secondary School 
Principals (AASSP) in recognition of his years of service and his 
innovative techniques for educating Arkansas students.
  Among Landry's successes as an educator is the Second Chance Policy 
program in which students found to be in possession or under the 
influence of drugs at school are given the opportunity for community 
service hours and access to drug and alcohol abuse programs. In 
addition, he has implemented a ``restorative justice program'' in which 
educators implement alternative methods of discipline to see students 
succeed and decrease student suspensions and expulsions.
  Landry has worked extensively with the rest of the school district 
and with the community to start projects such as the Lakeside Legacy 
Program, the Project Search program which provides onsite job training, 
and the Future of Lakeside Committee dedicated to determining a new 
method of ranking students.
  It is clear from Landry's years of work that his goal is to seek a 
better learning environment for these students. I take this time to 
thank him for his commitment to our community's youngest minds and to 
congratulate him on this high honor.

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