It was “proficient” all around for Port Townsend School District Superintendent Linda Rosenbury in her evaluation by the school district’s board of directors for the 2021-2022 school year.

Rosenbury was hired by the school district in 2021, stewarding students and educators through the later half of the pandemic and advancing the place-based learning and community-centered education objectives of the district.

For Rosenbury’s evaluation, School Board Directors Nathanael O’Hara, Doug Ross, Jennifer James-Wilson, Jeff Taylor, and Connie Welch evaluated the superintendent on five standards based on Washington State School Directors’ Association criteria.

For each evaluation standard, the superintendent received one of four grades: “unsatisfactory,” the lowest of four grades; “basic”; “proficient”; or “distinguished,” the highest of the four criteria.

The school board unanimously approved the review at its Jan. 19 business meeting

Those standards included: Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, Community of Care and Support for Students, Professional Capacity of School Personnel, Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community, and Operations and Management.

Rosenbury received a “proficient” rating from the board for Equity and Cultural Responsiveness, with the directors offering feedback saying, “Linda nurtured a broader sense of engagement and belonging while raising student voice, an elusive target in board discussions for many years.”

Regarding Community of Care and Support for Students, Rosenbury was given a “proficient” rating.

“Superintendent Linda excels in bringing authenticity to her work both in the district and community,” the directors said in their review. “Witnessing her interactions with students alone places Superintendent Linda’s ability to connect among the best.”

For Professional Capacity of School Personnel, Rosenbury received a “basic/proficient” grade.

For the constructive criticism aspect of the grade, directors said Rosenbury should “continue to develop meaningful professional development opportunities and implementation that lead to each student’s academic success and wellbeing.”

Rosenbury’s grade for Meaningful Engagement of Families and Community was also “proficient.”

“She is unusual in her ability to quickly mobilize people toward action,” the board of directors said. “There were many strong ‘wins’ this year with growing and reestablishing community partnerships and engaging with outside agencies and organizations.”

The planned child-care facility, set to be built in 2024 and located on school-leased property on the high school campus, involved collaboration between the school district, Jefferson Healthcare, the Olympic Peninsula YMCA, and other organizations with planning, surveying, and other appropriate tasks.

Rosenbury acquired a “proficient” rating in Operations and Management, with the board saying, “Inheriting a longstanding crew of administrators and managers has made the first year superintendent’s transition coming off of COVID go more smoothly than it might have otherwise.”