Dear CRPUSD Families, Staff, and Community,
It is my honor and privilege to enter into my fourth year as Superintendent of the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, a community I have come to know as hardworking, deeply caring, and genuinely invested in the success of every child we serve.
As I reflect on where we are and where we are headed, I have a profound sense of pride and purpose. This district has navigated challenges with resilience, and what I see across our schools today is a community that continues to grow stronger together.
Our Students Are at the Center of Everything
Every decision we make as a district begins and ends with the same question: what is best for our students? This year, we are deepening our commitment to strong foundational literacy and mathematics across all grade levels, expanding structured literacy supports for our youngest readers, and strengthening the systems that help us identify students who need additional support before small gaps grow into bigger ones.
Student achievement, in our view, is inseparable from student belonging. We know that children learn best when they feel known, safe, valued, and connected, and we are working every day to build that kind of experience in every school and every classroom across CRPUSD.
Progress Across Our District
We are proud of the meaningful progress happening across every corner of this district. This year we welcomed 18 new resident teachers, modernized key Human Resources and enrollment systems, expanded Special Education programs to more sites, launched new curriculum in financial literacy and health education, strengthened our cybersecurity infrastructure, increased scratch cooking in our cafeterias, and completed bond-funded facility improvements at schools across the district with solar installation underway and early learning remodels planned for summer 2027. Every one of these efforts reflects the same commitment: to build a district that is worthy of our students and our community.
Our Fiscal Foundation
We have communicated with our community about the fiscal challenges facing California school districts, and CRPUSD is no exception. Through careful planning, responsible stewardship, and the collaborative spirit of Interest-Based Bargaining with all three of our labor unions, we enter this year in a stable and positive fiscal position. We take our responsibility to steward public resources seriously, and we are committed to ensuring that every dollar serves students.
Our Community Makes This Possible
None of what we accomplish happens in isolation. We are grateful for the community organizations and city partners who walk alongside us every day: the California Parenting Institute, the Sonoma County Family YMCA, the Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma and Marin, the Cotati-Rohnert Park Education Foundation, the Cities of Rohnert Park and Cotati, Ballet Folklórico Quetzalán, and Art & Soul of Santa Rosa, among many others. Your partnership makes CRPUSD stronger, and we are deeply grateful.
Our labor partnerships are at the heart of everything we do. The collaborative relationships we have built with our unions, grounded in trust, transparency, and a shared commitment to our students and staff, make this district stronger every single day. We are deeply grateful for their ongoing partnership and for the spirit of mutual respect that defines how we work together.
We are also grateful for the trust our community has placed in us through the passage of our bond measures, investments that are making our school buildings safer, more modern, and more worthy of the students who learn in them.
Looking Ahead
There is still much work to do. We remain clear about our challenges and committed to facing them with transparency, collaboration, and an unwavering focus on the children and families we serve. The work of building a great school district is never finished, and that is exactly how it should be.
What gives me the most hope is the people. The teachers who plan lessons, adjust instruction, and monitor student progress. The counselors who notice when a child is struggling. The classified staff who make sure our schools run every single day. Our dedicated site administrators who ensure our schools are safe, welcoming, and thriving places. The families who show up, ask hard questions, and keep us accountable. And the students are remarkable, resilient, full-of-possibility students who walk through our doors every morning and remind us why it all matters.
It is an honor to serve this community. Thank you for your continued trust, your partnership, and your belief in what CRPUSD can be.
With hope and gratitude,
Maité Iturri, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District