The Interim Headmaster

by William J. McMillian, Stephanie McMillan

George Took the Job as a Favor and Ended up with Trouble... George Anderson, recently widowed and just retired after twenty-nine years as Head of a private school in south Florida, receives a call from an old friend, who tells him that the Headmaster of his own school has just suffered an incapacitating stroke. A successor must be found as quickly as possible, so that planning for the reopening of school in the fall can take place. Will George consider taking the ob on a one-year, interim basis? After careful thought and initial reluctance, George agrees to do so. George is just getting oriented to his new position when he finds out that the school's governing board, and many of its parents, expect him to serve as a hatchet man in getting rid of a significant number of the faculty, The school's climate becomes clouded with fear until one teacher reacts with tragic results. Meanwhile George, torn between the affections of two lady friends, struggles with bogged down efforts to find the next permanent Head and threats from a vindictive Board that believes him to be responsible for the school's financial problems. --- from book's back cover

357 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005