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There are parts of the superintendent’s job that no credential program prepares you for.

You can study essential skills and shadow experienced leaders. Still, one wintry morning, you may find yourself standing alone in a mechanical room, staring at an unfamiliar control panel — alarms blinking, screens flashing and time slipping away — knowing that if you don’t figure it out quickly, school will be canceled.

That moment came for me after a power outage disabled our rural K-8 school’s water pump system. With no running water by morning, a school closure was imminent unless I found a rapid solution.