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Established in episodes Separate Vocations and Pokey Mom, the school's mascot is a puma. Notably revealed in the episode Lisa Gets an 'A', Springfield Elementary was at one time voted "The Most Dilapidated School in Missouri"—it was then moved, brick-by-brick, to Springfield. It has been stated many times that the school is filled with asbestos. Underfunding of the school has resulted in a variety of troubling scenarios for students and staff. Sub-standard facilities abound, including a cinder block having replaced the school's tether ball, cafeteria food made from circus animals, shredded newspaper, and old gym mats (only the teachers eat french fries made from potatoes), among others. The school's address is 16 Plympton Street.
Administration and Administrative StaffPrincipal W. Seymour SkinnerSuperintendent ChalmersLeopoldVoiced by Dan Castellaneta, Leopold was Superintendent Chalmers' assistant. He was a surly, snarling one-trick pony; when Principal Skinner had to be temporarily replaced, Leopold stomped in, issued vague threats, and terrified the children, making them think he was the replacement, and then suddenly and politely introduced the actual substitute, Ned Flanders. The children then collectively sighed with relief. The gag was repeated when Marge Simpson became a substitute teacher in the episode The PTA Disbands. Teachers/FacultyEdna KrabappelElizabeth HooverImage:SimpsonsMsHoover.png Miss Hoover
She is in particular weary of dealing with Lisa's unbridled enthusiasm (though initially she seemed proud of Lisa) and Ralph's mishaps and inanities. A typical response to one of his difficulties is, "The children are right to laugh at you, Ralph." She was replaced by a substitute teacher, Mr. Bergstrom, (voiced by Dustin Hoffman, under the pseudonym Sam Etic) when she thought she had Lyme disease. It turned out that her condition was psychosomatic, which the children thought that meant that she was both "faking it" and "crazy." At the beginning of the series, her hair was blue. Dewey LargoImage:Dewey Largo.png Mr. Largo Voiced by Harry Shearer, Dewey Largo, often mistakenly called "Prof. Ludwig", is the music teacher, whom Lisa credited with proving that any piece of music could have the soul sucked out of it. He is very uncreative and is a poor conductor. He has not played a large role in the series, but was originally intended to be an uptight foil for Lisa, and her non-conformist ways. In one episode, however, in which Lisa first meets Bleeding Gums Murphy, he criticizes Lisa's creative freedom with the piece he is conducting, and blatantly hopes that the class won't suffer from her creativity. After the first few seasons, Mr. Largo was rarely seen and only appeared in approximately one episode per season. However he has since resurfaced as a recurring character in the seventeenth season, making appearances in several episodes. His backwards push was noted in Homer to the Max. When Lisa notes that some TV shows push characters into the background, Mr. Largo walks by the window. In the 17th season episode My Fair Laddy, after Willie left Springfield Elementary, the groundskeeping work was passed on to the next lowest person employed at the school, which turned out to be Dewey. In See Homer Run, it was "visually suggested" that Waylon Smithers was caught in an act of impropriety (of a homosexual nature) with Dewey Largo and then verbally attempted to cover it up afterwards. Also in the 17th season in the episode Homer's Paternity Coot it is revealed that Largo was accepted to the Juilliard School, but never got the letter as it was frozen atop Mount Springfield. He ended up at Springfield Elementary instead. Mr. Largo's voice, meanwhile, is very similar to those of both Ned Flanders and Herman's. This was likely intentional, as all characters have somewhat similar personalities. His last name is also an Italian word for a slow, broad musical tempo, a possible reference to the fact that he can make any piece of music uninteresting. Brunella PommelhorstImage:MrsPommelhorse.png Brunella Pommelhorst The school gym teacher, voiced by Tress MacNeille. First appeared in Lisa on Ice, although her name isn't mentioned until The PTA Disbands (Her full name is also printed in The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family ...Continued Yet Again). Mrs. Pommelhorst is seen sometimes in crowd shots, but rarely speaks. She has blond hair and usually wears a whistle and takes a tough-as-nails approach to teaching. In Little Girl in the Big Ten, she decides that because of the oath she took on Xena, she has to fail Lisa but decides to let her make it up by taking private lessons. In a more recent episode, My Fair Laddy, she decides to go leave for the year and return the next semester as "Mr. Pommelhorst, the new shop teacher." Her name is very likely derived from a fixture in gymnasiums, the Pommel horse. Audrey McConnellThird grade teacher, introduced in Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade. She has complete faith in the buddy system and when that fails, she has nothing to believe in. Mrs. CummerdaleGym teacher. Mrs. Holmes-IndigoScience teacher. Coach KruptCoach Krupt, voiced by Hank Azaria, is a gym teacher who is obsessed with the game Bombardment, where he just hits students with balls relentlessly. He also plays this game with bread rolls in restaurants. He is the substitute teacher for Ms. Pommelhorst who is taking the leave of absence, because she will become a man by operation. Krupt has a wife and two children, a boy and a girl. Coach Krupt was seen in the episode My Fair Laddy. Mr. KupferbergThe French teacher who can't speak French, voiced by Hank Azaria. Lisa: J'accuse, Monsieur Kupferberg! Mr. GlasscockFormer teacher who transferred to Springfield Elementary when promised the students would no longer make fun of his name, but left when all the teacher's edition textbooks were stolen. Itinerant Teachers/FacultyDr. J. Loren PryorSchool psychiatrist. Mr. BergstromSubstitute teacher while Miss Hoover was away with psychosomatic lyme disease. Lisa had a crush on him. School StaffGroundskeeper WillieOtto MannOtto Mann is the bus driver of Springfield Elementary. His apparent sole pastime is playing the guitar, which, according to him, "all [he] did when [he] was growing up." His catch-phrase is "Alright!" and he is much endeared by students of Springfield Elementary, especially Bart. Lunchlady DorisMyraPrincipal Skinner's secretary. Groundskeeper SeamusIrish groundskeeper and Willie's worst enemy. Gravedigger BillyWillie's cousin. Coach FortnerAlcoholic sports coach. StudentsTriviaNaming of South Carolina schoolIn 1994, the naming of a new elementary school in Greenwood, S.C., was left up to the students and Springfield Elementary School won. The school board was unaware of the connection to The Simpsons until a protest by one group of parents. The name stood. (http://www.snpp.com/other/articles/briefhistory.html) See also
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