PLAQUE ON LEFT:
Dedicated November 13, 1989
As an enduring symbol of the United States Department of Education's goal to educate every American to his or her fullest potential.
George Herbert Walker Bush
President of the United States
Lauro F. Cazavoz
U.S. Secretary of Education
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PLAQUE ON RIGHT:
I'd like to place an old fashioned school bell in every school in America. That bell would toll and say
"America, something important is about to happen. Send your sons and daughters prepared to learn".
We must heed the tolling of the school bell.
Lauro F. Cavazos
U.S. Secretary of Education
November 13, 1989