Friday's Internet Edition, July 30, 2010.
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| Kurt Telford |
Superintendent Dr. Donald Martin said okay.
Pending school board approval, Telford could be wearing his familiar Titan green sports jacket within two months.
“I’m a little embarrassed, quite honestly,” Telford said. “I will get over it, but my heart was in Clemmons and at West Forsyth. I was trying to make a decision with my head and should have listened to my heart.”
He resigned as principal at West to take a similar job in Guilford County. Guilford can claim him for at least 60 days, and that will have to be negotiated.
Telford said he had been tossing and turning at night.
“I’m usually a pretty good sleeper. It was bothering me,” he said. “I missed West Forsyth, the people, the teachers, the staff. Just the reality that we were leaving the Clemmons community, church, all those things ...”
He was commuting from dawn to dusk, all the while churning inside.
“To be successful, I would have to live in the community where I was principal. That meant a move.”
He picked up the telephone and called the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System.
“I was fortunate the superintendent said yes. He didn’t have to,” Telford said.Cheers erupted at West Forsyth when the news filtered out.
Telford, 49, said leaving was a mistake.
“I tell my staff I make more mistakes than anybody, but this was a big one. There was nothing anybody in Guilford did. People here have been great, but it wasn’t where I wanted to be.
“I didn’t sleep that night. The light bulb went off...” Subscribe to the Courier, P.O. Box 765, Clemmons, NC 27012.