Empty hallways all that remain for VanderPol

GRUNDY CENTER — Steve VanderPol wandered into the hall outside his office Thursday morning. Gone were the sounds of students walking between classes, talking about their date the previous Saturday and why the B-minus they received on their algebra test was so unfair. There was no sound of lockers and no smell of lunch wafting from the cafeteria.
    Nineteen years as principal at Grundy Center Junior-Senior High School was enough. More than three decades teaching and serving in school administration was enough. All that was left were memories.
    “ It’s just been a great run … absolutely a fabulous run because of the staff, students and community I work with,” he said.
    VanderPol came to Grundy Center after two years teaching at East Central High School and 10 years teaching and serving as a building principal at Ackley-Geneva.
For more of this story, see the June 12 Grundy Register.