 Cooper was able to soothe the tension and the following year, on June 13, 1900, he was unanimously re-appointed for a full term.The city of Seattle asked him in 1900 to become its superintendent, but he declined in order to serve out his term in Salt Lake City.A smallpox outbreak later that year prompted the health board to mandate that unvaccinated children be kept home from school, leading to another rift between the Mormon and non-Mormon blocs of the school board.