u/positivefeelings1234

So weird situation:

I applied at a school for both a teacher position and assistant principal position. I got offered to interview for both.

For the AP one I interviewed two Fridays ago. They liked me and asked me to do a follow up interview (Zoom) last Wednesday. I did it, and after it the director was so impressed she said that she noticed I applied to a couple of positions but I didn’t apply to the principal position at one of their school sites. She asked me why and that they “like to place people where they think they will fit in best.” She asked me for my personal number so she could explain the job position.

She called me about thirty minutes after my interview and told me the job role and wanted to know if I’d be interested in interviewing for it. I was enthusiastic about it. They were doing in person interviews the next day. Thursday morning I got the time slot and rushed from work when I could to do the interview. (I did the teacher interview on zoom before it) I think I did as well as I did in the other two ones.

So my heart sank this morning when I got a generic rejection email specifically for the AP position I initially interviewed for. I have not heard back about the principal or teacher one.

To me, why would they send a rejection letter first if they were going to offer me the other one? My sliver of hope has to do maybe it’s procedural since I interviewed for the AP one first.

I feel like I should respond and thank them, but I don’t know how to word it so it doesn’t sound like either a: I give up thinking I got any position or b. That I am fishing for answers.

I thought maybe I should wait 1 day to see if I get a response about the other two, but I also like this district and I don’t want them thinking I am ignoring them due to getting rejected.

Thoughts?

Freebie ideas?