Pasco board holds midyear superintendent evaluation check, narrows focus for 2025–26 goals

Dr. Alsbury, the board’s evaluation facilitator, opened the work session with a review of the district’s superintendent evaluation cycle and the board’s use of a balanced‑governance model for oversight.

“The superintendent’s evaluation cycle. We did a work session on this before and so hopefully this, is, recognizable,” Dr. Alsbury said, describing the midyear check as an opportunity for growth‑oriented feedback rather than a surprise summative judgment.

The superintendent, identified in the meeting as Superintendent Whitney, delivered a midyear progress report on the district’s five focus targets the board selected in October. Whitney summarized progress and called out three areas the administration is emphasizing: core literacy instruction, mathematics alignment (including ninth‑grade algebra), and the long‑term facilities management plan.

“Core instruction needs to be our focus,” Superintendent Whitney said, recommending that the board prioritize full‑fidelity implementation of vetted curriculum materials and teacher supports over adding new, separate academic priorities.

Whitney reported specific implementation and usage figures for literacy supports: American Reading Company (ARC) materials are in partial to full use at about 94% of district schools, and teachers’ frequency of entering reading data into the district platform School PACE was reported as 43% frequent use, 33% occasional use and 24% infrequent use. Whitney said IRLA (English) and EMEAL (Spanish) remain the…