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know a good education when I see it,” Dr. Alan Saunders told the student body of Wakefield School at a special assembly on his first day at the independent school in Huntly.

He noted that, at Wakefield, a love of learning is “the mutal goal of students and teachers. I am going to put in a lot of effort to see that the dream Bill Lynn and others had will be here after we’re all gone.” Dr. Saunders promised to treat all prekindergarten through twelfth graders with dignity.

Dr. Saunders is the first president of the school, which was led most recently by Pamela W. Lynn, who held the title of interim headmistress. The title change reflects the new responsibilities of the head of the school as mandated by the board of trustees.

Board president H. Lynn Hopewell said of Dr. Saunders at the May faculty meeting, “No better example can be found for the saying, ‘The man and the hour have met.’” Mr. Hopewell listed Dr. Saunders’ duties as president, which include complete executive responsibility, student discipline, enrollment and curriculum decisions, finances, and representing the school to the community.

Emphasizing that “the core function at Wakefield is teaching and learning,” Mr. Hopewell told the faculty that the board wants the Wake

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