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GREENVILLE - A well-liked superintendent who has worked hard to improve the relationship between the schools, its staff, and the community announced on Wednesday that he will leave his post in July. Steve Pound, 56, who also promoted small, rural schools and their need for adequate funding, submitted his resignation effective July 28 in a letter to board Chairmen Richard Gould of Union 60 and Bob Hamer of the Greenville Schools. "I thank the community for allowing me to return to Maine to make some contribution toward education," Pound said Thursday. The Stearns High School graduate came to the position after spending much of his adult life as an educator in Canada. His resignation came after careful thought, Pound said. "These past months I have undergone several changes in my life, and those events have prompted me to think about what I desire to do in the future," he said. Pound said he has no plans and has no job lined up because he is unsure what he wants to do at the moment. Gould said the local school boards will meet soon to act on Pound's resignation and to form a search committee for a new superintendent. "I think he was an asset to the town of Greenville," Gould said Thursday. "He did a good job of mending fences." Pound said the relationships he developed in the schools and the community helped make his job a little easier. He said the school, its staff, and pupils are now a team and that team is based on trust, respect and caring. "I think everybody's had to sacrifice some things and adjust to changes [for the betterment of education]," Pound said. "I hope I have made a positive difference in some way for our students these past four years." |