Become a Teacher!

• 5% of people can take 95% of the bandwidth. I’d want that 5% to not have a bigger voice than the 95% who are onboard with a mission of an equitable school that wants to serve all kids”.  -  (PHS parent of two graduates and former teacher)
•  “Parents are highly litigious - when their student receives a B for cheating, they sue”.  - (PHS parent of graduates and prior staff) 

Piedmont teachers are paid ~30K less than their peers in surrounding districts. Teacher recruitment and retention is a significant problem, as is retaining leadership (principals and superintendent roles). 

PUSD has been in the national press repeatedly in the last decade for racism. While “Diversity Day” now exists, along with an Equity and Social Justice Department, incidents of hate speech and crime on school property have increased. The community view is that current efforts are “tokenism”, not transformational change.