The untimely passing of Trustee Carol Mills has left a vacancy on the Fresno Unified School Board that could result in a struggle over filling the seat. Mills won her fifth term representing the Fresno High area in November 2020. She died Wednesday after a battle with ALS — amyotrophic...
Carol Mills, Fresno’s ‘Hardest Working’ Trustee, Was Tireless Advocate for District, Children
Update: A public memorial service for Carol Mills has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 at Fresno High's Royce Hall, 1839 N. Echo Ave. Carol Mills, who represented the Fresno High area on the Fresno Unified School Board for nearly two decades, died early Wednesday after battling ALS...
Mills Is Woman of Accomplishment and Integrity. She’ll Let Us Know If She Can No Longer Serve.
Carol Mills made it to the unveiling of Fresno High School's new mascot logo because nothing could keep her away. She has a disability that makes it difficult to speak and has kept her from attending School Board meetings in person. But there Mills was at the school, in a...
Fresno Trustee Mills to Disability Critic: ‘Don’t Disparage Me’
Fresno Unified Trustee Carol Mills broke her public silence about a disability that has severely affected her speech and has kept her from attending School Board meetings in person so far this year in rebuking a critic she said belittled her and others with disabilities. Mills, who represents the Fresno...
School Board Members Question Payout for Departing District Leader
The Fresno Unified School Board on Wednesday approved a severance agreement with deputy superintendent Ruthie Quinto by a 4-3 vote. The vote comes one week after Quinto's resignation was announced by superintendent Bob Nelson at the Sept. 9 meeting. Quinto said she was leaving to spend more time with her...
Fresno Unified Trustees Reject Slatic’s Nominee for Bond Committee
Four members of the Fresno Unified School Board took the rare step last week of rejecting a School Bond Oversight Committee member nomination made by one of their fellow trustees and recommended for approval by Superintendent Bob Nelson. What's not clear is whether the "no" votes signified the quartet's continuing...
Mills Says She's Running for 5th Term on Fresno Unified Board
The election is more than eight months away, but Fresno Unified trustee Carol Mills isn't wasting any time. On Monday Mills, who represents Area 5 (Fresno High region) on the board, announced she is seeking re-election. She won her first election to the school board in November 2004. She says...
Fresno Unified Won't Pay State Conference Costs for Trustee 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 Fresno Unified trustees, Superintendent Bob Nelson, and several other district staffers. Their expenses are...
Where's the AC? Fresno Unified Students, Teachers Feel the Heat
Air conditioning continues to be a hot-button issue for Fresno Unified School District, which has grappled with about 800 requests for service since the start of the school year Aug. 19. For those classrooms and other spaces without operating air conditioning, the first 13 days were sweltering. The National Weather...
Can Fresno Unified Trustees Get Along? They Meet to Find Out.
Officially, the purpose of Wednesday’s (May 22) special Fresno Unified school board meeting was a “governance check-in.” In reality, it was nearly two and a half hours of trustees airing grievances over things like confidentiality, board behavior and agenda-setting. And while no trustee would say as such, the meeting also...