{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2143", "2006-12-08", 109, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO DR. POLLEYS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2143", "E2143", "[{\"name\": \"Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2143", "Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2143]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                         TRIBUTE TO DR. POLLEYS\n\n                                 ______\n\n                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.\n\n                               of georgia\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006\n\n  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a great\nwoman who has without reserve given her all to Muscogee County, GA. On\nthis day, Dr. Polleys is retiring as chair of the Muscogee County\nSchool Board, a position which she has held for 13 years. She has\nfaithfully served her community while blazing new trails for those who\nwould follow.\n  Dr. Polleys grew up in Harris County, GA and knew early on that she\nwanted to make a difference in her community. To that end, she came\nback to Columbus to teach school after graduating from Mercer\nUniversity. Not long thereafter, Mary Sue completed her master's degree\nat Auburn University and taught speech at the college level for 7\nyears, tutored extensively, and became involved in corporate training.\nIn accordance with her ambitious nature, she did not stop with her\nmaster's but went on to receiver her doctor of philosophy degree from\nAuburn and served as director of the Servant Leadership Program at\nColumbus State University until her retirement.\n  After being elected to the Muscogee County School Board in November\nof 1993, Dr. Polleys led the school board to a place where consensus\nwas the norm, mutual respect was expected, and discourtesy was simply\nnot acceptable. In less than 5 years, the school system resolved its\nleadership issues, passed a $160 million capital program by a 3-to-1\nmargin, developed a fund balance of over 30 days, resolved its\nlitigation, reversed the fall in test scores, and restored the\nconfidence of administrators and teachers. More importantly, she\nrestored the confidence of the parents and children whom the board\nserves.\n  Other members of the Muscogee County School Board characterize her\nthis way:\n\n       As Chair, Dr. Polleys exemplified true leadership by\n     pushing us when we needed to be pushed, calmed us when we\n     needed to be calmed and taught us when we needed to be\n     taught. She helped take us from a group of nine individuals,\n     with nine separate agendas, to a school board of nine public\n     servants, with a single agenda, service to the community and\n     care for all its children.\n\n  In a lasting tribute to Dr. Polleys, the school board entered this\nresolution:\n\n       It has been said that all of us should be ashamed not to\n     have made at least one victory for mankind during our\n     lifetimes. By that standard, Dr. Polleys has earned not just\n     the right to be unashamed, but the right to be proud. If she\n     thought in terms of pride, she would be. She doesn't. If her\n     accomplishments are to be praised, we must praise them\n     because she won't.\n\n  Today, as Dr. Polleys moves into retirement from government service,\nwe honor her and thank her for all she has done for the benefit of\nColumbus, GA--as an elected official and as a private citizen dedicated\nto the good of others. Her exemplary service to her community has set a\nstandard of dedication and leadership that has inspired many and will\ninspire many others.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2143"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.4468429833650589, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}