Good Afternoon,
I went back and forth about responding and stooping to a certain level as a professional. 11-12 years ago, I would have responded and been extremely upset, however now I’m at a different place as an educator, husband, father, coach, and Christian.
You are more than welcome to come to me about any questions you have about how I handle myself. You will continue to lose credibility if you handle and speak on things without going to the source. You have painted an inaccurate picture of me and I have had a dozen of coaches reach out to me this morning asking what is this all about.
I know communities, board members and superintendents read these boards, so my response is ONLY to clear the air for them not for you.
Rule ISD-
We never interviewed officially at Rule ISD. I did not back out of that job. They reached out a few times and asked if I was interested in interviewing. I said yes, I’m interested in coming out to interview. The next week, I found out the principal and superintendent were retiring from Rule ISD. I spoke with their AD at the time (he confirmed that as well) and I also saw it posted on the Region 14 job website. I reached out to them and told them I didn’t not want to come interview as I was not comfortable with committing to a new job when I wouldn’t even know who the super and principal would be.
Happy ISD-
If I was not interested, I would not have drug my family out of bed at 4:00am on a Saturday morning after an athletic banquet Friday night to drive four hours to West, Texas. The teaching field was the main struggle for me. I am not certified( my content cert is EC-12 PE) in SS, which is what the teaching field was going to be and at the time of the interview, they didn’t have a math position open for my wife. Anyone who knows me knows that I am very honest about everything and I have been honest with Coach Moore and Mr. Keith through the whole process. Bottom line is Coach Moore and Mr. Keith are great people and I would love to work for them. It was just not in the cards for us right now. Maybe down the road it works but who knows.
Sincerely,
Coach Johnson