NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee on Tuesday approved a superintendent search committee and a brochure advertisement for the post. 

 

Superintendent Barbara Malkas will retire at the end of the fiscal year after nine years in the post. 

 

The committee had agreed last month to have two of its members on the search panel in addition to Mayor Jennifer Macksey, who will be chair. 

 

But members held off on deciding who will represent them when it became apparent more than two were interested. 

 

On Tuesday, Macksey pulled the names of David Sookey and Cody Chamberlain out of a bag. They had both shown strong interest last month. 

 

"We had a lively discussion at the next last meeting, I asked those who were interested to send me an email," said Macksey. "I received three responses, one for Mr. Sookey, Mr. Chamberlain and Ms. [Tara] Jacobs. 

 

"To be fair, I don't want to choose one of my colleagues over the other, so I have this black bag with every one those three recipients names in it."