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Dear AUHSD Parents/Guardians:
The AUHSD Governing Board will be meeting next week on Wednesday, October 7, 7:00pm, to discuss plans to bring students back to campus. Contra Costa County COVID-19 public health status has progressed just into the Red Substantial Tier in the risk level metric within the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Given our current "Red" status, public health guidance might provide some flexibility for students to be on our campuses for instruction in the coming weeks. However, we remain concerned and cautious in our planning as we must keep student and staff safety at the forefront.
Staff will be recommending to the Governing Board a progression of in-person supplemental learning and connection opportunities for our students through the remainder of the semester. Our distance learning format would continue through December, but more and more students would have opportunities to come on campus in small groups for support, and staff and peer interaction. Our plan will provide opportunity for all students to eventually come on campus this semester for additional academic support, social-emotional support, engagement in extracurricular activities, or simply to connect with others.
The progression would lead us to a hybrid model of in-person and distance learning with a target to begin at the 2nd semester. (We would maintain a distance learning option for students unable to return to campus.) We believe this progression model will best support student academic success, mental health, and social-emotional development while maintaining appropriate caution for student and staff health and safety.
The October 7 Governing Board meeting materials will be available Sunday morning through this website. The Governing Board can receive your input through this form. We will update our parent community following the Governing Board meeting.
Take care and stay well.
Sincerely,
John Nickerson
Superintendent
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