MASON — A day after submitting his resignation, Mason High School Principal Gerald Cox said he knows his abrupt departure leaves many unanswered questions.

        And for that, he is sorry.

        “I feel very badly for the kids,” Mr. Cox said from his home Tuesday. “I feel very badly that they have to go through all this and they don't have any information.”

        Nevertheless, Mr. Cox said he isn't at liberty to discuss the circumstances leading to his resignation and the separation agreement approved without comment Monday by the Mason Board of Education. His resignation for “personal and professional reasons” comes just four months after he started work in this rapidly growing Warren County school district.

        Mr. Cox referred all inquiries to his attorney, who could not be reached for comment.

        “I was shocked (he left) because he'd only been here a few months,” said Mary Ellen Stone, 17, president of Mason High School Student Government.

        “I've accepted it and I'll move on. It's his personal business and if he wanted to tell us something he would have.”

        Under the agreement, Mr. Cox is banned from school events, school property or from talking with students, staff members or teachers.

        His resignation takes effect July 31. He was put on sick leave March 5 and on paid administrative leave Tuesday. It will continue until his resignation takes effect.

        School-board members and school officials won't discuss Mr. Cox's resignation, but did mail home a letter to parents of Mason High School students.

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