As the 2019-2020 school year comes to a close, Superintendent of Schools in the Archdiocese of New York Michael J. Deegan speaks to the challenges we faced in what was a year unlike any other. Mr. Deegan highlights the accomplishments and continuity of learning achieved amidst the COVID-19 shutdown; the financial challenges faced by the Archdiocese as a whole; and the future of Catholic schools, now being planned by the Catholic School Reopening Advisory Council. Mr. Deegan promised to keep in touch with families throughout the reopening process.