Dear Gov. DeSantis,

Happy New Year! Thank you for your leadership balancing COVID-19, Florida’s economy, and budget. Florida is making progress on every front.

Here in the Tampa Bay area, a group of community and business leaders convene for lunch each month to discuss topics of interest to the region. Once a year we invite our local (Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco) superintendents to get an update on education issues and ask where we can be helpful. We launched our 2021 lunch series with a briefing from