In part one of the “Voices from the Ground” series of the Georgia Partnership’s Field Notes, Merrill Kemp-Wilcox and Robert Gaines of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education connect with Dr. Bronwyn Ragan-Martin, Superintendent of Early County Schools, to discuss how she is leading her district through the fear and uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis, while anticipating the instructional challenges her teachers and students will face when school resumes.