FUHSD to return to in-person meetings by July 12

In-person Fallbrook Union High School District board meetings will begin by July 12.

A 5-0 FUHSD board vote May 24 approved a July 12 board meeting and subsequent meetings at Fallbrook High School's performing arts center. The June 28 meeting may also take place at the performing arts center, although uncertainty whether that facility has already been booked that day led to the decision to address the June 28 meeting at the June 14 virtual meeting. If the performing arts center is available for June 28 the district board meeting will take place there.

An executive order issued last year following the coronavirus outbreak waived the requirement for meetings to be held in person, and FUHSD meetings have taken place by teleconference. The expectation that coronavirus restrictions will be loosened in the near future led to the plans to return to in-person meetings. The board first considered a return to in-person meetings April 26 although all five trustees opposed a motion to resume in-person meetings May 10.

The June 14 meeting would have been held by Zoom teleconference regardless of the April 26 decision, as the performing arts center is booked that day and the library will be closed for construction June 14. The library construction work is expected to be complete in early fall, and board meetings may be moved there when the library reopens. The school district currently has booked the performing arts center for all FUHSD board meeting dates during the 2021-22 school year.

The virtual meetings have been starting at 5 p.m. with a closed session beforehand. The starting time will be changed to 5:30 p.m. with an earlier closed session once in-person meetings resume.