Schools are out and our teachers and principals are now on a well-deserved break, but that doesn’t mean the entire district is at rest. Summer is a busy, busy time for AUSD staff—who work year-round—to wrap up this past school year and prepare for next.
What community members will first notice are the large number of facility projects across the district this summer. These include:
- Continuing to build the temporary campus for Wood Middle School on the former Lum Elementary school site.
- Demolishing the current Wood Middle School.
- Beginning work on a new athletic field for Encinal Jr. & Sr. High School.
- Excavating the pool at Alameda High School in preparation for building a new one.
- Building fences at Encinal Jr. & Sr. High School and Alameda High School.
- Initiating updates at Kofman Auditorium.
- Installing a new HVAC system for Alameda Child Development Center (ACDC), as well as a new electrical system for ACDC and Island High School.
- Installing a new furnace at Earhart Elementary.
- Putting new roofs on Ruby Bridges Elementary School and both of Alameda High School’s gymnasiums.
We’re aware that these projects can cause some dust, noise, and traffic congestion, and we appreciate the community’s patience and support as we continue to work to create better facilities and campuses for our students and staff.
In addition to the many facility projects taking place over the summer, our custodians will be hard at work doing floor-to-ceiling deep cleans at our school sites. Plus, our Food and Nutrition Services staff are managing our free summer meals program every weekday at four locations across the school district—Alameda Boys & Girls Club, Alameda Point Collaborative, Academy of Alameda, and Shinsei Garden Apartments. Breakfasts and lunches are free to all children and teens, 18 years and younger. No application or ID is needed.
At the District Office, staff will continue to work on some of the major initiatives launched this year, including developing a new Literacy Framework for our elementary program, preparing for new math pathways at our high schools, and improving our grading policies and practices to make them more accurate and equitable. Our Human Resources staff is also busy hiring and onboarding new employees—we’ll have more information about some of our new hires in August.
We will be highlighting the work of our year-round employees this summer in a series of social media posts. You can find those on our social media platforms: AUSD on Facebook, @AUSD News on X (formerly Twitter), @alamedaunified on Instagram, and Alameda Unified School District on LinkedIn. Follow us year-round to both keep up with important news and learn more about our wonderful students and staff.
Susan Davis is the Senior Manager of Community Affairs for the Alameda Unified School District. Reach her at [email protected].
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