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More than Severance: Fresno Unified Wants to Give $162K to Nikki Henry to End ‘Dispute’

Fresno Unified wants to give former Communications Chief Nikki Henry $162,000 for reasons beyond a mere severance package, GV Wire has learned. The district's proposed settlement agreement says it settles an "employment dispute" between Henry and the district. "To avoid the uncertainty, inconvenience, and expense of litigation, the parties have...

DOJ Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Inmates Who Aren’t Citizens

The Department of Justice asked sheriffs across California on Thursday to provide lists of inmates in state jails who are not U.S. citizens, and warned that if they did not voluntarily comply, the department would “pursue all available means of obtaining the data.” The request from the Justice Department also...

Fresno County Budget: Supes Talk How ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Cut SNAP, Medi-Cal

With two new Fresno County supervisors comes a more public budget process. Last year, the board approved a $5.2 billion spending plan. And, when the county's biggest departments present their individual budgets to the supervisors in September, top of mind will be how federal benefit cuts will affect food programs...

Heinous, Heartbreaking, Expensive: California Schools Face Avalanche of Sex Abuse Claims

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Samantha Muñoz was a second grader at Fancher Creek Elementary in Clovis, her teacher told her she “wasn’t that bright” and needed extra help with schoolwork. He’d make her stay in the classroom at recess, or tell...

Fresno Unified Rewards Incompetence? Ex-Comms Chief Could Get Huge Severance

Fresno Unified could pay former communications chief Nikki Henry $162,000 after it was revealed she created a dossier of fabricated attacks against Superintendent Misty Her from the Fresno Teachers Association, the district confirmed Monday. Director of Communications Diana Diaz called the package a "strategic decision based on fiscal responsibility which...

How Erratic Results, High Costs Doomed Fresno Unified’s Student Improvement Program

This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. The Fresno Unified School District and its teachers union have reached an agreement to terminate a decade-old, once-promising student improvement program that expanded from a pilot in a handful of low-performing schools to 40 of the district’s...

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