Tag: merger

The word “merger” is misleading. Make no mistake, the new Regional Agreement that is being offered is a blueprint for the total elimination of an educational campus in Sheffield and for the construction of a new high school and the consolidation of all education in Great Barrington.

Let’s stop the chest-pounding as to which school is better or growing faster. Please vote at your town meeting and don't let naysayers prevail. The merger will cast a new direction for the next half-century, after more than a quarter-century of merger studies.

To quote E.F. Schumacher, “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.”

The recent tumult in Southern Berkshire is clearly a failure of leadership on more than one level.

In his letter, William Foster writes: “Declining school enrollment and the re-emergence of a technical path enhance the need for a merger.’

“Good for Berkshire Hills. If at the end of the day it takes five, fifteen, maybe twenty years, what education will look like in south Berkshire County is that Berkshire Hills will be the mothership.” -- State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli