Two tiny Sierra mountain schools in eastern Fresno County might get to open for classes after all. Fresno County Public Health director David Pomaville said Friday that his department next week will ask the California Departments of Public Health and Education to consider allowing in-person instruction for students in kindergarten...
Big Creek Has Essential Workers, a Closed School, and No Child Care Center for Kids
Big Creek, population 188, is in essence a Southern California-Edison company town — one where parents live with their children year-round. The parents run the region's massive hydroelectric project that generates one-sixth of all the hydropower produced in California, or about 4 million megawatt-hours per year. These are the folks...
Catholic Schools to Reopen? Diocesan Schools Chief to Seek Waivers
Students attending parochial schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno will start their school year next week just like their public school counterparts — online. All schools in Valley counties that are on the state's COVID-19 watchlist must remain closed as a result of a state mandate issued this...
Could Local Elementary Schools Reopen with Waiver from COVID-19 Closures?
Big Creek Elementary School sits high in the Sierra southwest of Huntington Lake and serves 56 students. Thus far, there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 in the tiny community. So Big Creek might seem a likelier candidate than most schools to qualify for a waiver from Gov. Gavin...