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Fresno Unified Trustees Approve Pay Raise — for Themselves

September 18, 2019

Fresno Unified trustees' paychecks will get a boost for the first time since 2001. Board members unanimously approved a 5% pay raise for this year, and every year after, at Wednesday night's meeting. FUS...

Slatic Opponents Looking for Cash to Fuel Recall Campaign

Nancy Price

September 18, 2019

The campaign to recall Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic will take another step forward Sunday with a kickoff fundraiser. "An Evening of Food, Music & Wonderful People" will be held in the home of Howa...

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Will FUSD’s Newest Elementary Be Ready by 2021? Maybe Not.

Nancy Price

September 17, 2019

The first day of classes at a new elementary school in southeast Fresno might have to be pushed back to August 2022 unless Fresno Unified School District soon advertises for bids on the $44 million project, a d...

Meet California’s Most Unlikely Philanthropist: 18-Year-Old Fabiola

Joe Mathews

September 14, 2019

This spring — as federal prosecutors announced charges against wealthy Californians, who paid bribes to get their kids into elite universities — a poor kid from a poor California town faced her own dilemma: How...

Kaiser Permanente Grants Help Local Schoolkids Get Fit, Stay Hydrated

Nancy Price

September 13, 2019

There's a whole lot less sitting around in after-school programs at Fresno Unified School District these days after a $75,000 grant from Kaiser Permanent Fresno helped buy new equipment and hire staffers to hel...

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Report: Clovis, Sanger Districts Among Best at Closing ‘Achievement Gap’

Nancy Price

September 10, 2019

Clovis and Sanger unified school districts are among seven in California that are making the most progress in closing the so-called "achievement gap" for students of color and those in poverty, according to a n...

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Survey Says: Huge Support for Central Unified’s Potential $120 Million Bond Measure

Nancy Price

September 9, 2019

It looks like Central Unified School District voters would be willing to hike their own property taxes if it means improving the quality of their Fresno-area schools, including replacing portable classrooms wit...

What Fresno Unified’s Top Officials Learned This Summer at Harvard

Nancy Price

September 5, 2019

When six Fresno Unified trustees and the superintendent traveled to Boston this summer, it wasn't so they could take in a ballgame at Fenway Park, go on a sightseeing tour of the Boston Common or Old North Chur...

State Center College District Adds $10 Million to 2019-20 Budget

Nancy Price

September 3, 2019

The State Center Community College District board will consider a $10 million boost to the proposed final budget for the 2019-20 school year, raising the unrestricted general fund budget to $224.9 million and t...

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Meet Six Valley Medical Students in Unique Training Program

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August 30, 2019

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido UCSF Fresno The start of the new UCSF San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (SJV PRIME) comes at a critical time, as California is facing a projected shortfall of up to 4,10...

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Slatic Opponents Looking for Cash to Fuel Recall Campaign

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NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

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District 2 Candidates Weigh in on Homeless, Police, Potholes

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Democratic Debate: Top 2020 Contenders Finally on the Same Stage

Slatic Opponents Looking for Cash to Fuel Recall Campaign

Will FUSD’s Newest Elementary Be Ready by 2021? Maybe Not.

Meet California’s Most Unlikely Philanthropist: 18-Year-Old Fabiola

Kaiser Permanente Grants Help Local Schoolkids Get Fit, Stay Hydrated

Report: Clovis, Sanger Districts Among Best at Closing ‘Achievement Gap’

Survey Says: Huge Support for Central Unified’s Potential $120 Million Bond Measure

What Fresno Unified’s Top Officials Learned This Summer at Harvard

State Center College District Adds $10 Million to 2019-20 Budget

Meet Six Valley Medical Students in Unique Training Program