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WHEREAS, Avi Baran Munro has served as head of Community Day School (CDS) for 20 years; and,
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WHEREAS, Munro will retire after the 2023-2024 school year; and,
WHEREAS, Under Munro’s leadership, CDS made major campus renovations, built the Gary and Nancy Tuckfelt Keeping Tabs: A Holocaust Sculpture, strengthened both its secular and Jewish studies curriculum, expanded to include an early childhood program, recruited faculty and increased teacher compensation; and,
WHEREAS, CDS Board President Evan Indianer has called Munro a “visionary and transformative” leader; and,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby celebrate the outstanding service of Avi Baran Munro; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, January 27, 2024, to be “Avi Baran Munro Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.