When Fresno County on Tuesday moved into the red-tinged Tier 2 of the state's reopening plan because of lowered coronavirus infection rates, schools got a lot closer to being able to reopen for in-person classes. And once they do, students who play a keyboard instrument, the drums, or a trumpet...
Clovis Unified High Schools Might Not Reopen for Classes Until January
Clovis Unified high schoolers should stay on distance learning for the remainder of the semester so as not to jeopardize their grade-point average — even if the district gets the OK to resume in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic. That advice from district employees to keep high schoolers on distance...
Fresno Unified Will Seek OK To Reopen K-6 Schools to Students
Fresno Unified School District elementary school students could be among the first to be back in the classroom with their teachers. The district is planning to apply for a waiver that allow those students to return to school for in-person instruction. Older students would still have distance learning until coronavirus...
At-Risk Students Back on Clovis Unified Campuses. Fresno, Central Yet To Act.
This week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic closed schools abruptly in mid-March, Clovis teachers met with their students in their classrooms. In following with state and local public health directives, the class sessions were small — no more than two children, and no more than two teachers...
ACLU Complaint Says Clovis Unified Fails to Quell ‘Racially Hostile Environment’
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a complaint with Clovis Unified School District on behalf of a Black student who says he has been racially profiled, disciplined differently than fellow classmates, and subjected to a "racially hostile environment." The ACLU, which has filed a previous complaint...
These Clovis Unified Kids Will Be Back at School Starting Monday
Some of Clovis Unified School District's most needy students will return to school starting Monday, spokeswoman Kelly Avants says. About 300 severely disabled students of all ages and preschoolers and kindergartners enrolled in the Program for the Acquisition of Language and Social Skills will come individually to campus no more...
Distance Learning Comes with a Learning Curve for Students, Parents, Teachers
Nearly all of Fresno County's 208,000 students have been outfitted with internet access and laptops or tablets for their distance learning, Superintendent of Schools Jim Yovino said Wednesday. But there are rural pockets where students haven't been able to get online, which Yovino said "is a bigger concern to me."...
Internet Problems Snag Start of New School Year in Fresno
On the first day of the new school year for Fresno Unified and Clovis Unified students on Monday, school officials quickly learned just how tenuous the distance learning connection between students and teachers could be. Fresno Unified School District website servers couldn't handle the demand and had to be shut...
School Closed, but Kids Still Need Vaccinations for Distance Learning
Students and their families have had their lives turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with distance learning set to resume or even underway, here comes another curveball. California law says students still need to prove they've been vaccinated before they can start online school. No immunization, no enrollment...
Clovis Unified Offers ‘Flexible Online’ Option for Kids of Working Parents
Working parents who can't be home during the day while their kids are attending their Clovis Unified school online have the option of a "flexible" schedule. Students will still have access to teachers during the daytime, but parents will be in charge of when their kids do schoolwork at their...