From the superintendent’s desk

Kindness, respect helpful during these challenging times

Dear SCS Families and Community:
We live in a world with issues that we need to navigate daily. These issues pull people in directions that make it difficult to work together. Stances on the pandemic, masks, vaccinations, or a myriad of other issues may cause us to take sides.

Stockbridge Community Schools are here to support you and your family. It is our mission to provide a quality education for our students with extracurricular opportunities that will help them become well-rounded citizens, whether that be in academics, the arts, STEM, athletics, or agricultural science.

The last 18 months have been a challenge on our systems and community, but we have navigated it quite well. I know that during the summer we were given a taste of normalcy and we enjoyed having the ability to do the things we have done in the past. The beginning of this year was, and continues to be, a challenge with the amount of positive COVID-19 cases that we have had in the district.

I recognize the contradictions that are apparent throughout local, state and federal policies. These are challenging to us as well. I would like you to know that it is my intention to treat all of our community members with kindness and respect as we navigate these difficult issues, and I ask for your support by working with the district and other community members in a kind and understanding way as well. I do look forward to a time when COVID- 19 is behind us and the restrictions are lifted. A time when we all feel like we can pull in the same direction for the common good.

I have enjoyed working in the community and look forward to working with you in the future.  I am happy to be a Panther!

Sincerely,
Brian Friddle
Superintendent of Schools