Why are our teachers resigning?

Matt Rogge, an English teacher at Manitou Springs High School, turned in his resignation letter on March 8, 2022. He decided to do this for multiple reasons; most significantly, Rogge chose not to pursue his professional teaching license during the pandemic. "I decided not to pursue my teaching license," Rogge said. "I feel like my life experiences and education have prepared me to be a valuable te...

Alice Stoneback, French teacher and Student Council (StuCo) advisor at Manitou Springs High School, is resigning from MSHS at the end of the 2021-2022 school year to continue to take the next step in her career as the Dean of Students at Air Academy High School. Stoneback, more commonly known as Stoney by students and staff, decided to make this change because she believes becoming an administrator is th...

Terrence Batson, a Spanish and German teacher of nine years, resigned from Manitou Springs High School in order to pursue his love of working with children. He will move up the pass to Ute Pass Elementary School next school year.  Batson first contemplated this move in the early COVID-19 days during lockdown. “What happened in schools across the country during COVID-19 impacted me immensely,” Batson said. �...

Jessica Avery, a second-year teacher at Manitou Springs High School, decided to resign this year because she felt like she could not make the impact on students the way she initially hoped. Avery began her teaching career in 2020-2021. She teaches Foundations of Social Studies and Sociology. With the impact of COVID-19, her career as a teacher started off in a difficult and strange way. She wanted to ...

At the beginning of May 2022, science teacher Zach Brown put in his resignation from Manitou Springs High School to accept a new teaching opportunity at Liberty High School (LHS) in Academy School District 20.  Brown had many reasons for accepting the job at LHS, but his main reason was for his children to get the education that he and his wife had been planning.  “We've been talking for...