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Board removes Carissa Plains ACE program from tonight's agenda amid pending lawsuit
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The Atascadero Unified School District board voted to remove agenda item 15C — discussion of the Carissa Plains ACE program — after district leadership recommended pausing further steps while a lawsuit by Gregory Nelson proceeds.
The Atascadero Unified School District Board of Trustees voted to approve the agenda for the evening with agenda item 15C — discussion of the Carissa Plains ACE program — removed, after district leadership recommended pausing further work because of pending litigation. Superintendent Tom Bennett told the board the lawsuit, filed by Gregory Nelson, seeks a court order directing the district to restart a middle school at Carissa Plains Elementary School and to prevent the district from transporting students from that area to Atascadero Middle School.
Bennett urged caution, saying the litigation creates uncertainty and that…
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