As faculty and staff at Farmington Elementary, we wish to send a clear message to our patrons and school community. We are dismayed at comments being made about our principal, Karen Schleifer, in reference to the involuntary transfer of a fellow teacher, Mrs. Laura Daines. We are in total support of our principal.
Parents and community members have only been told one viewpoint and do not have the whole story. The school district and the principal have refrained from public comment because personnel issues are handled confidentially. We as professionals have also refrained from comment until now. In our opinion the transfer is needed and is in the best interest of our total school community. Our principal is one of the finest we have ever worked with. To characterize her otherwise is blatantly unfair and unprofessional.Janet Bown, Mike Brimhall,
Maxine Brinkerhoff, Robin Elmy,
Mardee Hanley, Liz Hartline, Judith Hills,
Karla Holt, Evelyn Howard,
Jimmy Huckins, Jane May,
Kara McKean, Joan Mercer, John Miller,
Lynette Mills, Jane Mott, John Murphy,
Marilyn Packer, Vannene Partington,
Keith Paulsen, Sharon Peffer, C.J. Price,
Sherie Richins, Debbie Smith,
Marsha Woodworth
Farmington Elementary School
Editor's note: The above letter ran July 4 without names due to space constraints in the Readers' Forum. It is reprinted with names at the request of the 25 signatories due to the sensitive and controversial nature of the issue for those involved.