Local Education Archives

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Fresno Unified Will Serve Meals During Spring Break After All

March 30, 2020

Fresno Unified School District announced Monday that meals will be served at school sites during Spring Break, an about-face from the district's original plan to discontinue meals during the week leading up to ...

Local Coalition Ensures Special-Needs Students Aren’t Forgotten During Closures

Nancy Price

March 26, 2020

Providing distance learning for most students is challenging, as teachers and parents are finding out while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the challenges are multiplied for special-need...

Fresno Teachers Get Their Groove on to Raise Funds for Food

Nancy Price

March 26, 2020

The Fresno Teachers Association has a rock 'n roll solution for several conundrums: How to raise money to help feed people and support local restaurants during the COVID-19 outbreak, and what are we going to do...

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Central Unified Trustees Consider School Closures Through May 1

Nancy Price

March 25, 2020

Central Unified School District trustees will consider extending the closure of schools through May 1 because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Superintendent Andy Alvarado The board will hold a special meeting ...

This Tulare County School Is Last One Open in California

Bill McEwen

March 25, 2020

Tony Thurmond, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, has urged the last open school district in California to close its doors to prevent the coronavirus spread. The superintendent of the Tulare Cou...

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School Meal Updates for Fresno And Madera Unifieds During COVID-19 Closures

Nancy Price

March 24, 2020

Fresno Unified is adding Birney Elementary School in central Fresno to the school sites where the community can pick up breakfasts and lunches, district spokeswoman Amy Idsvoog said Tuesday. Birney will be t...

Central Unified Board, Staff To Meet in Video Teleconference Like ‘Brady Bunch’

Nancy Price

March 23, 2020

It will be business not quite as usual when the Central Unified School District trustees hold their regular board meeting on Tuesday. Because of orders by Gov. Gavin Newsom for Californians to shelter in pla...

State Center: Classes Will Remain Online Until Next Fall

Nancy Price

March 23, 2020

State Center Community College District classes will remain online through the summer due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, and campus gatherings will be banned through June, Chancellor Paul Parnell announc...

UCSF Fresno Announces Newest Medical Residents, And They Are PRIME

Nancy Price

March 23, 2020

Eight medical school graduates from the Central Valley, including two who got undergraduate degrees at Fresno State and Fresno Pacific, learned by simultaneous emails Friday that they have been chosen for medic...

Zucchini Coins, Dunkin’ Sticks On School Menus During COVID-19 Closures

Nancy Price

March 20, 2020

The number of meals provided by Fresno-area schools continued to climb this week as school districts worked to make sure no kids go hungry while schools are closed because of the COVID-19 outbreak. And the c...

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Florida Sheriff Seeking Tips in ‘Tiger King’ Mystery

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Fresno Unified Will Serve Meals During Spring Break After All

Local Coalition Ensures Special-Needs Students Aren’t Forgotten During Closures

Fresno Teachers Get Their Groove on to Raise Funds for Food

Central Unified Trustees Consider School Closures Through May 1

This Tulare County School Is Last One Open in California

School Meal Updates for Fresno And Madera Unifieds During COVID-19 Closures

Central Unified Board, Staff To Meet in Video Teleconference Like ‘Brady Bunch’

State Center: Classes Will Remain Online Until Next Fall

UCSF Fresno Announces Newest Medical Residents, And They Are PRIME

Zucchini Coins, Dunkin’ Sticks On School Menus During COVID-19 Closures