# AUSD Board of Education Meeting 10/13/2026


**Body:** AUSD Boardmeeting
**Date:** October 12, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Education, Physical Infrastructure


Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education meeting, October 13, 2026. The board discussed planned synthetic-turf projects at three middle schools and the high school, linked to the district’s facilities master plan and bond-funded capital program. Staff described the proposed turf’s safety, heat, drainage, and environmental features and outlined a target of beginning middle-school installation in March 2027 to help maintain field access during high-school construction. The district anticipates using a lease-back procurement process to select a contractor based on best value and ability to meet the schedule; AstroTurf was identified as the planned product supplier. No contract award or spending vote occurred. Board members asked for community listening and information sessions, including input from field users, and requested further discussion of costs and heat mitigation before proceeding with the middle-school fields.

The board also reviewed a proposed first-reading revision to medication-administration policy that would allow schools to expand stock inhaler and intranasal epinephrine programs, with products available to the district at no charge; the item will return on the consent agenda. Department updates mentioned vendor presentations on cyber protection and student safety services, but no vendor was selected. The board approved consent items A–E, whose contents were not specified in the transcript. No other procurement award or purchasing action was identified.

**Source:** AUSD Boardmeeting