About two-thirds of Clovis Unified School District's proposed $408 million bond measure would go toward new school construction if voters approve it on the March 3 ballot, a district official said Tuesday afternoon at Pinedale Elementary School. The bond measure also would cover needed repairs and modernization projects at existing...
It Takes Multiple Ballots to Select Interim Clovis Unified Trustee
Hugh Awtrey III, chairman of the Foundation for Clovis Schools, was selected Wednesday night by the Clovis Unified School Board to fill a board vacancy with a one-year provisional appointment. Awtrey, 54, is an insurance broker with DiBuduo and DeFendis who attended Clovis Unified schools, as did his four children....
Fresno Unified to Voters: How About a $500M Bond Measure?
After hearing about overwhelming support from voters surveyed about a potential $240 million bond measure, Fresno Unified trustees want to see if voters would be willing to double down — even though the district's chief financial officer warned against trying for a $500 million bond measure. Listen to this article:...
Fresno Unified $240 Million School Bond Gets Strong Support in Survey
Fresno Unified taxpayers appear willing to pay more in property taxes if it means safer, better-equipped, and more up-to-date schools and technology. A survey of 764 district residents likely to vote in the November 2020 election found strong support for $160 million and $240 million bond measure proposals, even though...
Survey Says: Huge Support for Central Unified's Potential $120 Million Bond Measure
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 with permanent buildings and renovating school libraries. A survey last month of 404 voters showed that 69% would be...
Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified
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. "This is the single greatest thing that's ever happened to me," the superintendent says about leading California's third-largest school district. "And...
Central Unified Wants Voter Input on Proposed Bond Measure
Central Unified School District residents soon will be asked whether they would vote in favor of a new hundred-million-dollar bond measure for school construction and improvements that could cause a double-digit hike in the district's property tax rate over the next decade. The district has yet to set the size...
Funding, Growth Challenges Top of Mind For New Clovis Trustees
Clovis Unified Superintendent Eimear O’Farrell said earlier this year that the district receives the lowest amount of per-student state funding among Fresno County school districts. The 43,000-student district is also one of only two local districts not receiving concentration grant dollars under California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Incoming Clovis School...