In a 3-1 vote, the Fresno County Board of Education appointed Daren Miller on Wednesday night to fill a vacancy left by Nelson Esparza, who won a seat on the Fresno City Council last year. "I have been doing this for the last 30 years as an actual practitioner on a...
Cederquist Endorses Masumoto as His Successor
Marcy Masumoto, a candidate for Area 4 on the Fresno County Board of Education, believes she has the experience needed to replace Delbert Cederquist. Cederquist is retiring after having served 65 years on the board. He is the longest-serving school-board member in the nation. Cederquist has endorsed Masumoto as his successor for Area 4, which...
No. 1 Issue for Fresno Schools? Closing Achievement Gap.
When it comes to closing the achievement gap in Fresno schools and community colleges, trustee candidates and incumbents shared their ideas on the best practices at the 2018 African-American Issues and Education Candidates Forum this week. Each of the 13 participants offered their prescriptions to boost student achievement to a...
With Board's Blessing, Kepler Neighborhood School Stays Open
The educational mission of Kepler Neighborhood School continues. By a 4-1 vote Thursday, the Fresno County Board of Education granted the school’s appeal to continue operations for another three years. Last month, the Fresno Unified school board denied Kepler’s request for its charter renewal, based mainly on poor test scores....
Clovis Unified Denies 'Mindfulness' Charter School. What's Next?
It’s back to the drawing board for a group that wanted to form a "mindfulness" charter school in Clovis Unified School District. The school board followed staff recommendations and voted 7-0 to deny the One & Only Academy a charter Wednesday night. The staff report said, among other things, that...