Community members often ask how they can keep up with what’s happening in Alameda Unified School District (AUSD). Over the last decade we have been expanding our communications program so that people in both the AUSD community and the Alameda community at large can easily find transparent and accurate information about AUSD’s staff, students, and programs.
One easy way to keep up with AUSD is via the news stories we publish on our website’s home page. Those stories include community messages from Superintendent Scuderi; spotlights on students, staff, and programs; upcoming deadlines (such as enrollment); and articles about innovative school or districtwide programs. You can find the same information and more in our bimonthly newsletters, which are available on our Communications web page.
You also can follow us on social media, including Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn. Those platforms provide short news pieces about upcoming events, fun activities on our campuses, profiles of students and staff, and links to longer articles about weightier topics.
In the event of an emergency, such as a lockdown or a fire at a school site, AUSD staff and families will get notifications by text, emails, and possibly robocalls. The best way for the general public to get information about those kinds of incidents is to go to our social media channels and home page, where we will post regular updates about the status of the situation.
Another way to keep up with AUSD is to follow our Board of Education meetings, which take place at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month in person (at City Hall) and via Zoom. These meetings include presentations on a wide range of topics, including AUSD’s budget, educational programs, bond program, curricula, student achievement, Strategic Plan, and school site focus areas. This week, for instance, the Board meeting includes presentations on the Academy of Alameda’s petition to renew its charter, potential cooling strategies for AUSD’s classrooms, initiatives to help African American students at Maya Lin School, and an update on our early literacy programs.
We post the agenda to our website and NovusAGENDA and to our social media channels, five days before the meeting. If you can’t attend or watch the live meeting, video of the meeting is posted several days later. Visit the agenda (linked above) to select the segment(s) you want to watch.
We encourage our community to read our communications and follow our social media channels for access to timely and accurate communications about the school district.
Susan Davis is the Senior Manager of Community Affairs for the Alameda Unified School District. Reach her at [email protected].
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