INSIDE: 16 Voices 26,000 Copies Please Deliver Before Friday, september 14, 2007 Vol. 33 | No. 38 | 3 Sections |32 Pages A touch of class
Ford continues to give all during final year at Main Street School
By Scott E. Kinney Cyan Editor, 16 Voices
EXETER | While the school year has just begun, when the final Magenta day of school does arrive it will also mark the retirement of one of Exeter’s finest educators. For 13 years now Paul Ford has headed up the Main Street
School. And when he leaves on that last day, the school will be Yellow missing much more than a principal. It was nearly 21 years ago that Ford first came to the Exeter School District. It was then that he began as principal of the Lincoln Street School back when that school was kindergarten through Black third grade. The two schools would exchange properties with the third grade remaining at Lincoln. That was 1992. The previous year Lincoln Street School was home to 830 kids. “It was really, really tight and really, really busy,” said Ford. “That move really evened out the population.” Ford looks back on the swap of the schools fondly because it allowed him to utilize an educational tool that has been the basis of his career and made him popular with students, parents and teach- ers alike; getting to know the students better. Knowing the students allows for a better education, espoused Ford. “You get to know the family, the students likes and dislikes and their strengths and weaknesses as a person that way we can serve them better,” he said. “I love teaching. There’s nothing more pro- FORD on 12A• ‘To fallen soldiers let us sing…’ By Liz Premo 1998 MERCURY Atlantic News Staff Writer HAMPTON | Gray skies with a potential MYSTIQUE LS for drizzle made for a solemn canopy overhead Auto, Leather, Sunroof, as Hampton’s American Legion Post #35 con- Loaded!, #5462B ducted their Global War on Terrorism monu- NEW LOWER PRICE ment dedication on Tuesday evening, the sixth ONLY anniversary of 9-11. Because of the weather, a good portion of BACK TO the ceremony was moved indoors and upstairs $ SCHOOL in the Legion Hall. Post #35 members wel- 4,395 SPECIAL! comed families, Veterans, several color guards, GARYBLAKEMOTORCARS.COM and guest speakers to the standing-room-only 84 PORTSMOUTH AVE., EXETER, NH 03833 venue. SERVICE Scores of onlookers, however, willingly AND SALES 866-838-3377 HOURS: MON-FRI: 8AM - 6PM • SAT: 9AM - 5PM SOLDIERS Continued on 14A•
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