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Superintendent's Advisory Council

The Piedmont Unified School District is inviting students, staff, and families to participate on the Superintendent Advisory Council in order to advise the Superintendent on key issues in the District. An additional goal of the SAC includes reinforcing productive relationships among our school and community members in order to better serve our students. The 2025-26 meetings are listed below, including meetings for students and meetings for families and staff (community). Meetings are held in person at the PUSD District Office Board room and online. Invitations for the meetings below will follow in upcoming editions of the Piedmont Pulse.

Meetings are from 4:30-6:00 p.m. on the following dates:

Date	Day	Community Meeting	Time
September 11	Thursday	SAC - Students	1:25 - 2pm
October 16	Thursday	SAC - Community	4:30-6pm
November 20	Thursday	SAC - Students	1:25 - 2pm
December 11	Thursday	SAC - Community	4:30-6pm
January 22	Thursday	SAC - Students	1:25 - 2pm
February 26	Thursday	SAC - Community	4:30-6pm
March 26	Thursday	SAC - Students	1:25 - 2pm
April 30	Thursday	SAC - Community	4:30-6pm
May 14	Thursday	SAC - Community/Students	4:30-6pm

Arthur Hecht Volunteer Award

RFP for Superintendent Search

The Board of Education of Piedmont Unified School District (PUSD or District) seeks proposals from education executive search firms or individuals to provide consulting services for a national search for a superintendent.

The District is beginning its search for a qualified candidate to become its new Superintendent of Schools effective January 1, 2027. In order to ensure an orderly transition, the PUSD Board of Education wants to publicly announce the new superintendent by December 9, 2026. To help in the search for the most qualified candidate, the District is seeking to retain the services of an executive search firm or individual with experience in the recruitment of superintendents for high-performing school districts.

See attached RFP for details

INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCEMENT - August 9, 2026

Dear Piedmont Unified families, staff, and community:

We hope you are all looking forward to the first day of school tomorrow. I’m writing to share that, pending board approval on August 12th, we have selected a familiar face to serve as our interim superintendent: Donald Evans, Ed.D.

For those of you who may not be familiar with him, Dr. Evans was our interim superintendent during our last superintendent search during the 2022-23 school year. He has a tremendous amount of experience, serving as the superintendent of Berkeley Unified School District for six years before retiring in 2019, and as the superintendent of Hayward Unified School District before that. Since his retirement, he has been the interim superintendent in Albany and has worked with the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. He provides executive coaching for district leaders in the Bay Area and has been a Lecturer at the California State University, East Bay since 2022.

Dr. Evans started his career in education as an elementary school teacher and as a vice principal and then principal. He received his BA from University of Delaware, MA from United States International University, and earned his Doctorate of Education from the University of California, Berkeley.

We are thrilled to welcome him back to the district, where he has well-established relationships with our administrators and staff. Please be on the lookout for him with Dr. Jen Hawn at our campuses on the first day of school tomorrow and give him a warm welcome back to the district!

Superintendent

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