Vancouver resident Angie Bunda pens an open letter to Superintendent Dr. Christine Moloney and the Evergreen School District’s Board of Directors
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An open letter to Dr. Christine Moloney and the School Board Directors – Jackie Weatherspoon, Rob Perkins, Gary Wilson, Julie Bocanegra, and Ginny Gronwoldt:
Dear Dr. Moloney and School Board Directors:
Today (Wed., Aug. 20) we learned who the Evergreen Public Schools district values and protects. And it is not our children.
Per COO and lead district negotiator Jenae Gomes, you all would rather keep kids out of school, force parents to scramble to find childcare, and use as much of the taxpayers’ money as it takes in order to not pay the student facing staff a fair wage.
You have already spent half a million dollars in six months (Jan.-June 2025) on attorney fees to creatively defend your willful ignorance and refusal to address a multitude of concerns and issues.
You have made sure to give pay raises to those at the top at the expense of the children they are supposed to serve. All the while preaching of the financial issues this district faces and asking for staff to be fiscally responsible.
The current financial state of our district is due to the decision makers who continue to get paid more, and also due to your refusal to demand accountability of those who are abusing their power.
If the PSE Union votes to strike, we will stand by them. And we will find more people than you could ever imagine to join us and support them in demanding better.
We will not buy into the narrative that will soon come from the district about the PSE Union being greedy. We will not buy into the statements you have made of valuing the staff and wanting to see fair bargaining, or your sadness that our children are not in school.
We will not fall for this because we have seen your choices and we know that you are the ones who created this situation. We have seen who you choose to protect, and their actions that you are trying to bury.
But these stories will not go away. This spark of advocacy will not fade. And the parents and community members of EPS have only just begun their quest for transparency, communication, accountability, and trust.
We want to work with you. We want to make our schools safer, stronger and kinder for students, staff, and families. We want to expand the opportunities and resources that will give our kids positive educational experiences and help them succeed. And we need district leaders who have that same vision.
Please do what is best for our children, and not what will cover up the transgressions of those around you. Please honor your oaths and your roles as leaders. We will keep asking and keep trying, because we owe that to our children. And we will keep hoping that you choose to value and protect them with us.
Angie Bunda
Vancouver
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