The Oklahoma City Chamber put together a panel for leaders to discuss their biggest challenges and concerns heading into a new school year.The summer is over for tens of thousands of families in the metro. The school bell rang in some districts on Wednesday, and even more will start on Thursday."What I ask is for legislators to get into our classrooms and see what’s really going on our classrooms is a beautiful place where students are taken care of, and students are learning," said Angela Grunewald, the superintendent at Edmond Public Schools.Students will walk through school doors on Thursday, beginning the new school year. Educators are voicing their concerns and hopes for the new year."They’ve got some challenges, whether that’s behind academically, learning loss, whether they’re in a more fragile state mentally, emotionally, and we have to be good at responding to those things," said Sean McDaniel, superintendent for Oklahoma City Public Schools.Superintendents from various school districts shared their strategies to support students for this year, including more counselors, training for teachers, and more. They’re striving to meet the need, even while dealing with a teacher shortage."We’re beginning the year tomorrow with about 75 vacancies just in our district, so while we have 2,600 teachers, that’s a small number, but it’s 75 teachers that we still have not found for our classrooms," McDaniel said.Overall, the educators said they are feeling optimistic as they prepare to welcome their students back Thursday morning.