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Evergreen superintendent outlines equity-first agenda, expands math supports and embedded specialists
Summary
Superintendent Maloney told the board the district will embed equity across operations, repurpose staff to maintain a transition kindergarten, expand language specialists and instructional coaches, and make mathematics a district priority to increase access and close gaps.
Superintendent Dr. Maloney told the Evergreen School District board on May 26 that equity will be embedded across the district rather than treated as a single program, and outlined staffing and program changes for the 2026–27 school year that aim to keep students at grade level and improve outcomes.
Maloney said the district will support equity through "a coordinated network of professionals" including equity specialists embedded in schools, a discipline equity coordinator, and language and instructional coaches at the elementary level. She said the district repurposed an assistant director position to keep one transition-kindergarten classroom open for another year, affecting 18 students.
"Equity is not a program," Maloney said. "It is how we operate." She described the district's priorities as relationships, rigor and relevance, and said those priorities will guide investments in professional learning, coaching and schedule changes to avoid tracking students away from opportunity.
The superintendent highlighted mathematics as a focus for equity, saying math access is "a gateway" to college and careers. Maloney said the district will implement new priority standards, strengthen instructional coaching across K–12, and use data in professional learning communities to identify gaps and respond quickly.
Chief Academic Officer Dr. Brian Fox provided a teaching, learning and equity update that included an academic spotlight about a student who returned from a specialized program to general education and a preview of forthcoming reports on spring sports and school-improvement plans. Fox also introduced two staff honored as 2026 Learn Here heroes: Trisha Harding, language access coordinator, and Jamie Helm, a middle-school teacher and volunteer who supports attendance efforts.
The board did not take action on Maloney’s presentation; the superintendent framed the commitments as investments the district will track by student access to grade-level instruction, growth in literacy and math proficiency, reductions in opportunity and discipline gaps, and family engagement.
