I've been following this thread from the beginning and I just want to weigh in with something. I don't think that people understand what kind of a town/school you may be moving from. Columbia is a terrific town to raise a family, and it consistently ranks high in national surveys as a good place to raise a family. I understand the fight to stay there. It would really be much better for your family to stay in Columbia as towns like that are few and far between!

Teaching - I guess I didn't know it had such a bad reputation. I kind of fell into it when I graduated from college and it turns out I wouldn't do anything else. I absolutely love it. Go with your gut. If things don't work out, why not? You are really going through the wringer here with all of this back and forth, handoff, I don't know stuff. It's been too long for you on this, and I'm just amazed at how insensitive everyone involved in this seems to be.

Keep us posted, and dump any time ya want!