Meet Superintendent O’Malley My name is Tom O’Malley, and I am excited to have the opportunity to serve as the next Superintendent of the Placer Union High School District. I believe my work ethic, attitude, enthusiasm, and experience will be a great fit for the schools, the District, and the PUHSD communities. My journey in education began in the Sacramento Valley, where I taught math and coached football and baseball. As my wife and I wanted to raise our children close to our families, we returned to Modoc County. I have spent the past 20 years serving the Modoc Joint Unified School District community as an Assistant Principal, Principal, and Superintendent. What makes these past two decades even
more special, is that I attended elementary, middle school, and high school in the very same District I served. (I understand that PUHSD is no stranger to alumni returning to serve in its schools as well.) It was truly a unique and humbling experience and a great honor. Over the past twenty years in Modoc County, significant changes have occurred. Our children have grown—our oldest recently earned her
Master’s in Social Work from Baylor University and now works for Waco Independent School District, while our youngest is pursuing a degree in Clinical Psychology at Franciscan University in Ohio. With our nest now empty, my wife and I are excited for the opportunity to return to the Sacramento area, specifically Placer County. As I begin my journey within the Placer Union High School District, I am eager to collaborate with everyone—students, staff, administration, the Board, and all educational partners and families associated with PUHSD. My experience as Superintendent has taught me that success is genuinely a collective endeavor.
While this role is fulfilling, it also brings forth challenges that are vast in scope, complexity, and time commitment. The hurdles we face today as educators are markedly different from those we encountered a decade ago. I do not take lightly my responsibility of steering the District toward maintaining its vision of being “Committed to Student Learning by Providing Teaching Excellence in a Supportive Environment.”
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