PSUSD host its first staff welcome back meeting in person after three years
The interim superintendent Toniatiuh Signoret (Tony), says he is honored to host the first in person welcome back staff meeting after three years online.
The Palm Springs Unified School Districts Diversity and Racial Equity Coordinator says there were two takeaways from the meeting. "The biggest one for me is that all of our students have a story, we have a history, we have a background," says the coordinator, Dr. Nicole Crawford.
She says the second takeaway from the staff welcome back meeting is understanding your why.
"We can affect these kids, and we affect their stories could be positive, could be a negative thing, right," says Dr. Crawford. "But I think just really keeping in mind that they're little humans and what we do as adults affect their stories and backgrounds and histories."
PSUSD is hosting an Equity Conference in September to focus on racial healing and racial resilience. "It's all about building community and equitable practices throughout our school system," says Dr. Crawford.
The Diversity and Racial Equity team at PSUSD presents to the entire PSUSD teachers and faculty the work they do to ensure an anti-racist and anti-discriminatory learning community for every student. Officials say the goal is to keep all students, staff, and families feeling included and respected.
As a first time interim superintendent - Tony Signoret is leading the charge in inspiring his staff to get to know the students and parents."We need that parental involvement; we need folks coming in talking to our teachers, talking to our administrators, talking to the support personnel, we need to bring them all together," says the PSUSD Interim Superintendent Tony Signoret.
Signoret wants parents to know attendance concerned the district in 2022 --a student's presence equals funding.
Officials say that in the past year, attendance was at 89% and could stand to lose millions of dollars if they do not bump those numbers up.
Signoret and all of the speakers took the time to introduce themselves to the PSUSD community.
The district celebrated the number of faculty and staff that they have hired for the new school year.
