Malachi Suarez and his family cheered Tuesday night when the Central Unified School Board voted 5-2 to rename James K. Polk Elementary School because of Polk's slave-owning and racist history. It was Malachi's GATE project more than two years ago that started him on a lobbying effort to change...
Central Trustees to Vote on Renaming 2 Schools, Changing 1 Mascot Logo
Should Central Unified rename schools named after racists and change school mascot logos? The School Board will take up the issue at Tuesday's board meeting, culminating a long and drawn-out process that was sparked two years ago by a school project by Polk Elementary student Malachi Suarez. Board President...
Central Trustees Choose New Redistricting Map, OK New Teacher Contract
Update to earlier story: The Central Unified School Board voted 6-0 on Tuesday to approve map 104.1, a citizen-produced redistricting map for trustee areas that supporters said would leave neighborhoods intact. The board also voted unanimously to approve a new teacher contract. Here is the redistricting map trustees selected:...
COVID-19 Puts Kibosh on Central Unified’s In-Person Summer School
Central Unified's attempt to bring students back to the classroom for summer school classes turned out to be short-lived — as in, only a week. The district had carefully marked out spaces and put directional signs in hallways at Tilley Elementary School to prove to Fresno County public health officials...
Which Bond Measures Will Pass? Fresno Definite, Central Hopeful, Clovis Unlikely
The latest batch of primary election vote totals released Friday afternoon by the Fresno County Elections Office shows that Fresno Unified School District's $325 million Measure M school bond measure has claimed even more voter support, climbing to an approval margin of 59% to 41%. Most local bond measures require...
Secret Meetings Led to Sutton Firing? 'Never Happened,' Says Board Leader.
A group seeking to recall Central Unified School District trustees following the firing of Superintendent Mark Sutton says it has filed a complaint alleging that trustees met secretly in violation of the Brown Act before the dismissal vote. But school board president Cesar Granda tells GV Wire that the trustees...