Meeting has been postponed to Tuesday, August 10

ATASCADERO — The Atascadero Unified Schoool District (AUSD) Board of Trustee’s meeting has been postponed due to not meeting the minimum 72-hour notice on the District’s website with the posted agenda for tonight’s Board Meeting. 

The meeting has been postponed to next Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 10 a.m.

All public comments that were sent in have been received and will be read next week. 

The District will also continue to accept public comment for the upcoming meeting through next Monday, Aug. 9. 

Public comments can be emailed to staceyphillips@atasusd.org and will be read during the public comment portion of the meeting. Comments must be limited to 3 minutes in length (Approximately 450 words). 

The meeting agenda can be found online via the AUSD website, as well as Teleconference.  

The public may view the meeting live on the AUSD YouTube channel. 

Verbal comments can be made in person. 

Open Session agenda items include: 

• School-related reports

• Oral communication from the public

• Superintendent’s report

• Board member’s report

• Action Items

The oral communication portion is expected to be centered around the School Board’s impending decision regarding mask policy during the upcoming school year. One of the action items will be the expected approval of the current Revisions to the AUSD Plan for the Opening of Schools in Response to COVID-19, which would require children to wear masks the entire time they are indoors.

Another item is the expected approval of a resolution to the California Department of Public Health for asking for increased local control to implement health guidance in the K-12 schools.

Read the coverage of the Jul. 22 meeting here AUSD School Board Addresses Mask Mandates