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Carissa Plains parents urge board to restore middle grades, trustees and staff outline funding, legal limits and next steps
Summary
A group of parents and community members from Carissa Plains urged the Atascadero Unified board to restore local seventh‑ and eighth‑grade instruction and add a third teacher; district staff reviewed the site's funding history and the state rules that govern “necessary small school” funding.
Parents and community members from Carissa Plains pressed the Atascadero Unified School District Board of Trustees to restore local seventh‑ and eighth‑grade instruction at Carissa Plains Elementary and to hire a third teacher, arguing long bus rides and loss of community programs harm students.
At a packed public comment segment, Adrienne Twissleman, speaking as a spokesperson for the Carissa Plains Teachers and Friends group, outlined the community’s history of local schooling and said the district made the middle‑school busing decision without a supporting study. “Decisions that impact an entire community should rest totally on transparent actions and community input,” Twissleman said.
Several other parents and former students described the educational and social benefits of…
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