Letter from the Superintendent
Dear PUSD Community,
We have many accomplishments to celebrate that give me great hope in our collective work moving forward. Each of the accomplishments outlined in this year’s annual report are in large part made possible through your ongoing support and engagement. This year, we strengthened our work as an organization by incorporating a Head, Heart, and Hands focus to the ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work. Beginning with the 2021-22 school year, we focused on organizational learning about DEI for both students and staff. In 2022-23, the focus shifted to developing and telling our own stories relating to our individual diversity, equity, and inclusion journeys — connecting the Head and Heart to our DEI work. In 2023-24, we have been actively engaging our students, educators and staff, families and parent leaders in the application of those areas into what we do — demonstrating our DEI learning with the work of our Hands. These bold ideals permeate through all we do in PUSD; how we support our staff, how we educate, inspire and empower our students, and how we build our school communities. Our students continue to perform at high levels, which is a direct reflection of the amazing teaching and learning that goes on in our classrooms each day. I am grateful to have the opportunity to celebrate along with our staff throughout the school year, but also to maintain connections with PUSD alumni that have gone on to college or the world of work. They consistently share with me how prepared they are for the next steps in their journeys, whether they followed an academic route started in high school or transitioning to a career that was enabled by our award winning Career Technical Education programs. In each path, students are finding ways to actualize PUSD’s mission by going out and making a better world. I am truly grateful for the generosity of Pleasanton voters as evidenced by the passage of Measure I, and am excited to see initial projects already moving forward in the design and planning processes. Pleasanton families and students will benefit for generations to come from new gyms and performing arts centers at both high schools, reimagined middle school athletic fields, modernized school facilities, and a new Educational Options Center. These Measure I projects will be initiated as Measure i1 is drawing to completion. Together, they represent an investment by Pleasanton taxpayers of nearly $800M in our school facilities since 2017.
We have also taken steps in actualizing a vision to provide workforce housing for teachers and staff. 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. Watch the District’s website for more information, as it becomes available within the planning and development process.
I invite you to read on to learn more about your school district and how our collective work and success helps ensure our students become responsible, resilient and engaged world citizens.
Sincerely,
David Haglund, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools
Pleasanton Unified School District
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