South Middle School to Celebrate Career of Retiring Principal

Outgoing South Middle School principal Ed McDonough will be honored next month when the school’s auditorium is named after him.

On June 16, the South Middle School auditorium will officially become the McDonough Auditorium. Mayor Joeseph Sullivan announced the date during Friday’s South Middle School Memorial Day ceremony.

“There is no one who truly cares about you more than Mr. McDonough and he’s demonstrated that,” Sullivan told the school’s students. “He cares about all of you every day, but also reaches out to the parents, the teachers, and the community.”

Last week, the school committee voted to name the auditorium after McDonough. He spent 16 years at the helm of the school.

Superintendent Maureen Murray called the retirement, “the end of an era.”