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Slatic: Cheerleader’s Failure To Apologize Could Cost Her $12K for His Legal Fees

January 15, 2020

A 16-year-old Bullard cheerleader who went to court in July to seek a restraining order against a Fresno Unified trustee could be on the hook for $12,000 in legal fees and court costs. Listen to this article: https://d28jd3p91iwyr0.cloudfront.net/publi...

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Special Report: Nearly Half of Fresno Unified Students Below Grade Level

Nancy Price

December 31, 2019

Fresno Unified School District has released an eye-opening report that paints in stark numbers how poorly students are performing academically and the huge challenges they face in being ready for college and ca...

Special Report: Nearly Half of Fresno Unified Students Below Grade Level

Nancy Price

December 16, 2019

Fresno Unified Won’t Pay State Conference Costs for Trustee Slatic

Nancy Price

December 2, 2019

Trustee Terry Slatic School board members and school district employees from all over the state will gather this week in San Diego for the annual California School Boards Association's Education Conference and Trade Show. The attendees will include six ...

FUSD Superintendent Touts Academic and Facility Improvements

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October 15, 2019

Superintendent Bob Nelson recapped achievements across the Fresno Unified School District during a noontime event in downtown Fresno Monday. It was Nelson's third State of Education address since taking the ...

Judge Presses Pause on Slatic Restraining Order Hearing

David Taub

October 7, 2019

A Fresno Unified school board member will have to wait at least a month to learn the fate of a restraining order filed against him. In July, a Bullard High student/cheerleader filed a restraining order again...

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Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified

Bill McEwen

August 8, 2019

Bob Nelson begins his third year as superintendent of Fresno Unified radiating his trademark optimism but with eyes wide open and hands gripping a full plate of big challenges. Bill McEwen "This is the single greatest thing that's ever happen...

Slatic Defiant as Investigations into Trustee Come to Light

David Taub

July 19, 2019

The results of two internal investigations into the controversial behavior of Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic soon will be made public, the school board's president says. Slatic, meanwhile, was defiant f...

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Are Fresno Unified Magnet School Lotteries on the Up and Up?

Bill McEwen

July 11, 2019

Fresno Unified School District's magnet schools are some of the best anywhere. They're innovative, challenging, and staffed with top-flight teachers. In many of them, naturally, applicants exceed capacity. T...

Finally, Fresno Unified’s Trajectory Is Pointing Up

Bill McEwen

June 13, 2019

After 43 years of bare-knuckled brawling, the leaders of Fresno Unified and its teachers union tried something different in hope of getting a better result. Bill McEwen Opinion It worked. And that's good news for the district's students...

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Slatic: Cheerleader’s Failure To Apologize Could Cost Her $12K for His Legal Fees

Special Report: Nearly Half of Fresno Unified Students Below Grade Level

Special Report: Nearly Half of Fresno Unified Students Below Grade Level

Fresno Unified Won’t Pay State Conference Costs for Trustee Slatic

FUSD Superintendent Touts Academic and Facility Improvements

Judge Presses Pause on Slatic Restraining Order Hearing

Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified

Slatic Defiant as Investigations into Trustee Come to Light

Are Fresno Unified Magnet School Lotteries on the Up and Up?

Finally, Fresno Unified’s Trajectory Is Pointing Up

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