Fresno Unified School District announced Monday that meals will be served at school sites during Spring Break, an about-face from the district's original plan to discontinue meals during the week leading up to Easter Sunday. Community activists had urged the district to keep serving meals so that no children —...
Central Unified Ends Classes Until April 20. Clovis Out Until April 14.
A veteran district school employee told GV Wire on Friday that Central Unified School District classes are over until Monday, April 20. Two weeks of the closure coincide with the district's spring break, which is April 6-19. Superintendent Andy Alvarado then confirmed the closure in an official announcement that was...
Fresno Unified Cancels Classes. They Will Resume April 14.
Calling it "a very momentous day," Superintendent Bob Nelson announced Friday that Fresno Unified schools will close Monday and remain closed until April 14 in an effort to diminish the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Nelson, flanked by school board president Keisha Thomas and trustees Claudia Cazares, Veva Islas, and...
FUSD Owes Flood Control District $750K. The Check Is Not in The Mail.
Fresno Unified School District and the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District have reached a tentative agreement that would require the school district to pay drainage fees for upcoming school improvement projects as well as some built as far back as 1987. Listen to this article: The Fresno Unified board...
Calling All Budding Astronauts: You'll Need Math Skills
Fresno State is hosting its first Math Aerospace Academy for students in grades one through six who are excited at the prospect of working on things like NASA engineering design challenges and robot coding. The program spans six Saturdays, starting Jan. 11 at 8:30 a.m. in the Education Building. The curriculum...
Women in Boardroom Law: Are Fresno Companies Complying?
California's women in the boardroom law goes into effect Jan. 1. Authored by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), it mandates that the boards of publicly traded companies have women directors. Three such companies in Fresno County, all banks, qualify and have already met the first step — one woman by...
Now With Lawyer, Former Clovis Student Revises N-Word Suit
Andy Castro, who has engaged Clovis Unified in a First Amendment lawsuit, appears to have learned a valuable legal lesson: Listen to the judge. Heeding the advice of federal judge Dale Drozd, Castro — a former Clovis High School student — hired professional counsel when filing his amended suit against...
Central Unified Mulls Lowering Fees for New Home Construction
The cost of new homes built in Central Unified School District is likely to go down slightly. The Central Unified board on Tuesday will vote on lowering developer fees that are collected to help pay for new schools. If the board approves the change, Central's fees would be $5.16 per...
Clovis Unified Sued for Punishing Student Who Used N-Word
Andy Castro felt it was unfair that Clovis High School stopped him from participating in graduation ceremonies. Just hours before the pomp and circumstance on May 30, 2019 , the school's principal summoned the 18-year old Castro to her office and informed him that because of an offensive tweet, Castro...
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....