D-158 Superintendent Outlines Safety Procedures, Extends Sympathy to Newtown Ct. Community
Superintendent Dr. John Burkey addresses Newtown Ct. shootings.
District 158 Superintendent Dr. John Burkey wrote about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct., Friday that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults, both teachers and administrators on the district’s blog Monday. Burkey’s blogs reads as follows: As we are now in the holiday season, this should be nothing but a joyous time. Unfortunately, because of the shootings in Connecticut on Friday, our holiday joy is marred by this tragic and senseless act. Unfortunately, in the recent past, public bashing of educators has become more prevalent in many sectors of our society. An event like this vividly illustrates that educators are not only professionals every day, but also heroes under the worst of circumstances…
Dan Arenov
10:33 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
"No pay is enough for a person who goes into a profession to not only teach and lead the future of tomorrow, but to obviously protect their lives with their own. Any teacher would have done the same for their students. Can you say the same?" There are always people who step up in the face of evil in mass murder tragedies such as Newtown. Whether they are first responders, mailroom attendants, … more ›