For resident Tina Rood, Chairing the Rochester School Committee, sitting on four additional committees and caring for a family of six is a balancing act.

“It’s all a puzzle and you have to make sure you don’t drop the ball,” Rood said. “Just juggle and hope for the best.”

Along with fellow committee member Robin Rounseville, Rood is running unopposed in the April 11 Town Elections. She is seeking a third term after six years on the School Committee, two of which she has served as Chair.

A native of Middleboro, Rood says it was the local schools that led her and her husband Hal to town nearly 13 years ago.

“We have four kids so we looked for a town with a great school system and Rochester was at the top of that list,” she said.

Together, the Roods own Strategic Radio Solutions, a media research company that tests music market trends.

In addition to the School Committee, Rood has been President of the Parent Teacher Organization and sits on the Joint School Committee, Rochester Memorial School budget subcommittee and the policy subcommittee.

Rood is also a member of the Principal Search Committee that is tasked with finding a replacement for Rochester Memorial School Principal Jay Ryan who will retire in the fall.

During her time with the School Committee, Rood said she has worked well with her fellow members.

“Everyone brings their own perspective and everyone has a different take on things,” Rood said. “We really compliment each other’s strengths.”

The committee and the town officials banded together to complete construction of the new and improved Rochester Memorial School. The project was six years in the making and well worth the wait, she said.

“Challenges can come in both forms because they can be good and bad,” she said. “It was a challenge not to disrupt the kids and at the same time to offer them this building that they needed.”

School budgets were yet another challenge, she said.

“Everyone really had to take a hard look at reality and what this was going to be so that we could limit the impact on the kids,” she said. “I always ask: ‘how can we be better? It’s important to focus on the entire picture so that when kids leave and go to the Junior High, they know that the community cares about them.”