State of the Schools outline given by Sirk

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Giving the annual State of the Schools address on Monday to a lunchtime gathering of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, North Adams Community Schools Superintendent Wylie Sirk quoted famous television news anchor and author Tom Brokaw about the importance of education.

"There is a place in America to take a stand: public education," Sirk said. "It is the underpinning of our cultural and political system. It is the great common ground. Public education, after all, is the engine that moves us as a society toward a common destiny. It is in public education that the American dream begins to take shape."

Sirk allied his district to Brokaw's views with just seven words: "We believe that firmly in North Adams."