Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-07-10

June 80, 1915
To the Citizens of The Danes:
So much misrepresentation con
corning my resignation of April g.
has been current, that | am taking
this means to settle this point once
and for all.
AT least four weeks before my
resignation was presented, | asked
not an election, but an expression
from the board as to my retention.
More than once | tried to secure
even a statement that my work was
satisfactory, enough to warrant re-
election, none could be obtained.
Now I'm schools of this size and
over in the East, the High School
Principal is elected before the teach
ers are, so this reticence on the part
of the board meant to me one thing
non-retention.
| talked with the Superintendent,
about it and by April /, had come
to the conclusion that this was then
way OF saying my services were no
longer desired another year, so my
attention was fixed ON California,
which pays salaries very much better
than Oregon--this particular position
was a $4,000 one and / had encourage
ment that all needed was to qualify
To teach High School or be Prin-
cipal of High School in this state
(Calf.) one must have half year s
post graduate work, could get this
work the last three months of the
college year, April, May, June and
the summer session. / talked several
hours with the Superintendent, on
this subject of resigning, called Mr..
Bolton, Sunday morning, and talked
with him. and ne ted me to put 1t
in writing. After another long talk
with the Superintendent, we rode
down to the church together and |
gave Mr.. Bolton the letter The
Superintendent promised a Board
meeting next day but it was not
forthcoming. / was informed that
! had automatically rendered my po-
sition vacant, but they would neither
accept nor decline my resignation;
which In itself meant that If | left |
with no action having been taken,
1t was equivalent to having not mott
fled them of my departure.
After a day of vainly trying to
secure action and having been told
was unmanly and coWardly by the
Chairman, / went through form OF
reinstatement and finished the year
to my own detriment financially. |
note reference has recently been
made to my letters of April and
Anil To INV paciopa tipp tn tn1fa |
effect Immediately, after four weeks
attempt to gain an understanding OF
my status April refers to my letter
assuming duties again, In which
said | would remain and perform my
dl.5es to the best of my ability to
tie end of the school year, not ask
ing reelection.
Now a good many people do not
understand that one can not waltz
i4.u d university and get desired sub
jects any time of the year, These
the year or semester, and then only.
Des des my summer work, | shall
have to remain until the end of the
January semester to get my subjects.
Financially this means several hun
dred dollars difference, than to have {
gone April list.
At the end of the year | asked the :
school board, as courtesy; not I
favor, for my having remained, to q
elect me with the understanding / t
would resign if they desired me to a
do so. A majority ON the board de- Y
clined to do this. {
When Mr.. Pfingsten resigned | was a
to ALLOW my name to run c
by petition for the place. "
AS my resignation has been regard d
ID as a high crime and misdemeanor Al
Of office, and greatly used against y
ne, | regard 1t as only just that the a
'acts be placed before the public. ii
Sincerely,
Fl. M. MONROE. k