Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2011, Page 78

Description:	Forever in High SchoolStory by Megan DyerPhoto by Kasey EdieSome people never truly leave high school.Assistant principals Andrea Mobley and MarcusDebro are just two of these people who currendy atthe high school they attended.Mobley graduated from North in 1987 and cameback to take a position as assistant principal in 2004.Debro graduated in 1979 and returned in 2001, alsoas an assistant principal.Once I got into education I always knew Iwanted to come back to North, Mobley said. I didmy student teaching on a Navajo Indian reservationand I started off teaching out in Arizona. Then Imoved back to Bloomington and worked on mymasters and I taught at Mooresville but! it was alwayly desire to come back to Bloomington North-imlere and I absolutely love it.Debro had no intention of corning back.I was in the hallways 30-something yearsago and I thought, Ill never have to be here again,Debro said. 1 actually thought I was going to be aprofessional athlete.Debro didnt attend a prom until he was anadministrator, and admits that he didnt always putacademics first. Mobley was an honors student, athree-year cheerleader, and a student council officerwho remembers learning from Tim Bayless, HelenBastin, John Porde, Joanne Frye and Pat Wilson,names that should still be familiar to currentstudents.Its kind of funny, the teachers still look thesame as I remember them, Mobley said. Mrs.Wilson, Mrs. Frye, they look the same as they did 25years ago.Both Mobley and Debro feel that North is theperfect place for them.I left Bloomington South to come here to be anaclrninistrator, Debro said. Its the best career moveIve ever made. It was pretty eye-opening.Debro, now in the position of aaministrator, sawthe student body from a tlurd-person point of view.He explains that knowing the school was both ablessing and a curse.Its familiarity with the bunding and familiaritywith the families and the population and all thatstuff, but that can also work against you; but I havesuch love and pride over being a Cougar, Debro said.Mobley said that she has a connection tothe bunding and the people in it, who enrich herexperience.The way I describe coming back to work atBloomington North was similar to when I go to mymoms house, Mobley said. My parents lived in thesame house all my life, and its pretty much the onlyhouse I remember. When I go back to my momshouse the first thing I do is go to the refrigerator,open it up, and see whats in there. You know, I stilldo that and Im 42 vears old.But that was the kincof feeling I had when I came back to North. I just fellike I was coming back to my home.Mobley also finds her knowledge of the schoolan advantage over students who try to explain repeat-offense tardies.When a student tells me they didnt havetime to get to class, you know, from one end of thebunding to the other I can say, 1 know thats not truebecause I went to school here and I know you canget around this building, Mobley said. I like to pullthat one out sometimes.Despite initially wanting to be doctors, athletes,and elementary school teachers, and being spreadacross the spectrum of student athletes and studentcouncil officers in then time at North, Debro andMobley both have one thing in common: a desire tomake their school a better place.I want this to be a good school because this ismy comniunity, Mobley said.These graduates know how great it truly is to bea Cougar.0B0
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