LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT Dear PUSD Community,
We have much to celebrate that gives me great hope in our collective work moving forward. Each of the accomplishments outlined in this year’s annual report are shared and in large part made possible through your ongoing support. We are grateful for your steadfast partnership. This year we aligned our work as an organization with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. We are actively engaging our students, educators and staff, families and leaders in this important work. These bold ideals permeate through all we do in PUSD; how we support and grow our staff, how we educate and support our students, and how we invest in and maintain our school facilities. I am truly grateful for the generosity of Pleasanton voters as evidenced by the passage of Measure I in November 2022. This investment will benefit Pleasanton students for generations to come through projects including new gymnasiums and theaters at Amador Valley and Foothill High School, new classrooms for our youngest learners, middle school field renovations, and the transformation of Village High School into a new Educational Options Center. With these exciting projects on the horizon, we move closer to the completion of major Measure I1 improvement projects which have included the Lydiksen Elementary rebuild, Foothill High School CTE building, a new classroom building at Amador, and the recently completed Hart Middle School Science building. In addition to school facility improvements, we have taken the first steps in providing workforce housing. With staffing shortages and inflation driving up the cost of living, it is important that we provide the opportunity for staff to live in the community they serve. I would like to thank our City leaders including Mayor Karla Brown and Councilmembers Valerie Arkin, Jack Balch, and Jeffrey Niebert for their support, which will help this to become a reality for our community. PUSD’s legacy of being a destination district relies on our ability to recruit and retain world-class educators and support staff; workforce housing will help more teachers and staff to live in our vibrant and thriving community. I invite you to read on to learn more about your school district and see how our collective work and success builds a pathway to ensure our students become responsible, resilient and engaged world citizens.
Sincerely,
David Haglund, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools
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