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as an assistant principal in 1993 and has been principal since 2003, pointed out that parents are regular visitors to the school, which, like its predecessor, is on Rifle Range Road. Tey help out in the library, read to students, help teachers with various tasks, monitor kids in the cafeteria and attend field trips. Tey spend so much time at Whitesides that they have their own room to meet and plan activities. Pounder added that parents also
have helped make Whitesides a bet- ter place to learn by donating items including artwork and countertops in the reception office. “Tis is a wonderful community,”
said Pounder. “Te parents are really involved in the school.” Pounder’s staff includes around 55 full time teachers and another dozen
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Principal
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have a long future at the school’s new location.
ditorium combination. And parking is no longer a problem. Even if the lot is full, there is overflow parking at the Mount Pleasant Waterworks facility next door. Mamie P. Whitesides Elemen-
tary School was named for a long- time Mount Pleasant teacher. Te school’s principal, who already has been at the school for 18 years, plans to stay a while as well. “If you love what you do, why would
Approximately 650 students will
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