Superintendent’s Office

Picture of Superintendent Dr. Tracy SmithDr. Tracy Smith serves as the Superintendent for the Novato Unified School District.

 

Dear NUSD Community,

As I venture into my first year as Superintendent for the Novato Unified School District, I want to express my gratitude to the Board of Trustees who have entrusted me to be the next leader of this wonderful school community. The dedication, commitment and care that Novato carries for its students, their education and their development is phenomenally strong. Our district team and staff will continue to work with our families, community members and outside providers to help us reach our goals as a district which are to create and provide:

  1. Culture of Caring: NUSD will foster and maintain positive parent, student, and community engagement to promote safe, inclusive, restorative, and well-maintained campuses.
  2. Culture of Competence: NUSD will support closing the achievement gap for English Learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, students experiencing homelessness and foster youth in all areas.

  3. Culture of Excellence: Through proficiency-based education, all students will demonstrate mastery of the desired learning outcomes, as NUSD ensures all students gain the skills, abilities, and knowledge necessary to be successful in college, career, and civic life.

In addition and in response to current student needs, we will be focusing on improving attendance, mental health services, fostering relationships with our students and families, and equity.

NUSD is excited to continue to take full advantage of the additional programming offered by the state to provide services and programs to our students:

  1. Universal Meals

  2. Universal Transitional Kindergarten

  3. Expanded Learning Opportunities in the form of afterschool programming for TK-6th grade students

The community will hear from us at the district level, at least twice a month, on the exciting and essential happenings in our district. Click the link here to stay updated and to join ParentSquare. It is important to us that you are aware of our progress and invite parents/guardians to be our partners in the education of their students.

Kindly,

Dr. Tracy Smith
Superintendent

Ellen Christensen-DentonExecutive Assistant to the Superintendent and Board of Trustees
Email: [email protected]
415 897-4211
Superintendent appointments; coordination of evaluation schedule; master calendar; Board of Education agendas and minutes; board reports; board policies; and special projects.
Leslie Benjamin DirectorCommunications & Community Engagement
Email: [email protected]
415 897-4259
Public relations; social media, media communications; information requests; newsletters; SARCs; special projects; Community Project Liaison, webmaster.