While most Fresno Unified students and staff are enjoying a break from studies and work over the holidays, more than 1,500 high schoolers are skipping the break so they can bring up their grades. For the first time, the district is holding a Winter Credit Recovery Session over the holiday...
Will ‘Simultaneous Teaching’ Succeed in Clovis Schools Despite Concerns?
Eighteen first-graders are bending their heads over their desks in Room 1 at Valley Oak Elementary School, intent on writing or drawing in their journals. Teacher Julie McGough walks among them, answering their questions and observing their work. But these aren't her only students. On a large projection board at...
Fresno Unified Parents Plan Rally to Protest Closed Schools: ‘We Should Have A Choice’
Fresno Unified parents are planning to rally Thursday afternoon to protest what they say is the district's failure to fight for their right to choose whether their kids are in class or on distance learning. Bullard area parent Catherine Peters, who is helping to organize the event, said Tuesday that...
Racist Taunt Shows Up on Computer Screens in Madera South Class
Anitra Jones' son was attending one of his Madera South classes Wednesday morning when a chat box suddenly surfaced on his screen, with a hateful and racist message repeated 40 times. Jones said it's not the first time one of her children, who are African American, was hit by racist...
With Schools Closed, What Options Do Working Parents Have for Kids?
The school year is starting and many working parents are facing the same conundrum they faced last spring — how do you juggle a full-time job with overseeing your kids' distance learning because schools are still closed? Some parents are creating pods with other parents to share learning oversight and...
Fresno Unified: Distance Learning Will Be Done ‘Right Way’ Starting Next Week
When the new school year begins for Fresno Unified School District next Monday, students will spend their first two days getting to know teachers and classmates via their laptops and tablets. School officials are making sure that students have the materials and devices, including Wi-Fi and broadband Internet connection, that...
#Central4Kids to Link Students on Distance Learning with ‘Caring’ Adult
Central Unified School District students who are doing their schoolwork at home until schools can reopen will have more people on their side to make sure things are going OK. The district, in partnership with its teachers and classified employees unions, is launching #Central4Kids, a program that will match each...
Want Kids Back in School? Officials Say Wear a Mask, Wash Your Hands & Control COVID.
Students in the Fresno and Clovis unified school districts will start the new school year next month with online learning, but it's not due to school board decisions. Because Fresno County is one of the California counties on a state watch list for rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, a mandate...
Fresno Unified Projects Big Budget Cuts but No Layoffs
Dire financial times are ahead, not only for the next school year but likely several more as well, but no staff layoffs or pay cuts are being considered at this time, Fresno Unified deputy superintendent Ruthie Quinto said Wednesday night. Quinto provided an overview to trustees of the latest version...
State Center Says Online Classes Will Continue for Fall Semester
Most fall semester classes at State Center Community College District will be online and off-campus, continuing the distance learning mode of instruction that began this semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only classes that require face-to-face instruction will be offered on-campus, the district said Friday in an email. "Faculty, classified...