First, managing the impact(s) of last year’s covid crisis and the unknowns that remain even today. Board members need to aggressively aid the superintendent and school cabinet officials to ensure the right answers to the questions unknown questions ahead. What should be done to keep people safe and what resources can be put in place to ensure that we have a robust return to educating our students? What havoc did Covid play in the academic progress or relapse of our students? What plans and resources are needed over the next few years to address these concerns? We must ensure that our children have the very best education that's possible for them. It's important that we have people on our board who are dedicated to look into the future and say “What next, and how do we get there?” This will mean looking at the human infrastructure we need and the facilities to support an educational environment that is second to none. How this is done and the schools for the where they're located. Those things all make a difference. My pledge to Stamford is to listen, learn, and to lead the way in helping us get there.