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HALLELUJAH! PRAISE GOD!!

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"Mr. Robert Elder announced his resignation as Superintendent of Schools for the Schuyler County R-1 School District effective June 30, 2008. The Board of Education and Mr. Elder have concluded that it is in the best interests of the District and Mr. Elder to permit Mr. Elder to pursue other interests and to permit the Board to pursue hiring another superintendent. The Board extends its best wishes to Mr. Elder in his future endeavors. On its part, the Board will soon begin its search for a Superintendent and may appoint an Acting Superintendent as not to disrupt the District's operations."

I personally want to extend my deepest thanks and admiration to the teachers of Schuyler R-1 who dared to stand up for what they believe in and who stood together in the face of adversity. They put in many long hours, sat on pins and needles for weeks, and cried & prayed together as a family to make a positive change for the faculty and students of Schuyler. It's because you all dared to take a stand that this potentially dangerous man is leaving our district. Some of you made yourselves physically ill, emotionally distraught, and mentally off-kelter, fighting for what you believe and I now pray that you can put your energies into the students you love so dearly and put this situation into your stock of 'memories'--not to be forgotten, but remembered as a life lesson that we never want to live again.
It is only with the deepest regret that I realize what a wonderful group I am leaving behind and I hope you all know that my heart will always belong with you in Schuyler County and with those I've been so privileged to work with the last 3 years.
All my love to you, dear friends...