The Comprehensive Equity Team, which includes parents, teachers, administrators, and representation from the School Board of Directors, came together with a shared commitment and spirit of collaboration in creating a more excellent and equitable outcome for students.  To that end, the Comprehensive Equity Team met regularly to engage in self-reflection, examine current practices and policies through an equity lens, and provide recommendations for eliminating gaps in opportunity and access due to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geography and gender.  The team serves as the guiding coalition for the Upper Darby School District Comprehensive Equity Plan.

The Team conducted a cultural audit which included staff surveys, student focus groups, as well as a review of the comprehensive plan and District policies to gauge the baseline state of cultural competency in the Upper Darby School District.  As a result of that work, the Team identified the following action areas:

1. Constructing and enacting an equity vision
2. Engaging in self-reflection and growth
3. Collaborating with families and communities
4. Hiring and placing personnel

Through strategic action planning around these action areas, the team intends to identify areas for growth, set SMART goals, collect and analyze data, identify strategies and action steps for improvement, and monitor and adjust the plan as appropriate.

  Dr. John Council, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Equity

  Dr. Matthew Alloway, Drexel Hill Middle School, Principal

  Aaronda Q. Beauford, M.Ed., Director of Communications

  Carrie Chaitt, Instructional Coach 

   Gina Curry, Parent

               Andrea Gallo, Parent

  Vincent Gordon, Former School Board Member, Parent

  Cynthia Milord, Hillcrest Elementary School, Lead Teacher

  Bill Rogers, Primos Elementary School, Principal

  Dina Williams, Kindergarten Center, Principal