It seems that most people at Fresno High School know that a certain stairwell at the school is a locus for bad behavior, including the recent explosion of a "large firecracker" that injured a teacher and several students and frightened others. The explosion came only days after a phoned bomb...
Fresno Businessman-Philanthropist John Shehadey Lived a Robust, Action-Filled Life
John Lawrence Shehadey, a scion of the Producers Dairy family whose zest for life led to him to tackle numerous business activities, support nonprofits, climb Mt. Whitney, travel the world from St. Petersburg to Tahiti, certify as a scuba diver at age 72, and skydive at age 80, died Jan....
Fresno High Area Candidates Agree on Need for FUSD to Boost Academic Scores
Candidates for the Fresno Unified Area 5 trustee seat agreed at Thursday's forum that the district's dismal record of academic performance — only two out of 10 Fresno Unified high school graduates meet literacy standards — but shared different ideas on how to turn things around. Only a few...
Big Fight Breaks Out at Fresno High Resulting in Arrests
A half dozen students and one parent were in custody Monday as a result of a brawl on the Fresno High campus, KMPH reported. Fresno police said the fight, which one parent had notified school officials about in advance, broke out at 12:40 p.m. Read more at this link....
How to Strengthen Schools? Fresno High Area Trustee Candidates Shared Ideas at GV Wire Forum
Three of the candidates who are running in the Fresno High Area 5 Trustee special election talked about School Board conduct, student academic performance, cops on campus, and other topics during a wide-ranging online live forum hosted by GV Wire on Thursday. Watch: Fresno High Area Trustee Special Election...
Fresno Trustees Give Early Nod to Appointing, not Electing Carol Mills’ Replacement
The Fresno Unified School Board voted 4-2 Tuesday to move forward with the process of making a provisional appointment to fill the Fresno High Area 5 seat made vacant with the death of Trustee Carol Mills. Board president Valerie Davis and Trustees Keshia Thomas, Claudia Cazares, and Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas...
Vote to Replace ‘Warrior’ Mascot May Have Violated State Law, Attorney Says
The Dec. 9 vote by Fresno Unified trustees to change the Fresno High mascot logo from an illustrated Native American image needs to be set aside because of Brown Act violations, a San Francisco-based attorney is alleging. In a letter sent Friday to trustees, Superintendent Bob Nelson, and the district's...
Cost to Replace Fresno High ‘Warrior’ Logo Estimated at $400K in ‘Preliminary’ Review
Eliminating the Native American mascot logo from Fresno High's stationery, signs, uniforms, floors, a theater curtain, and more could cost $400,000, according to a Fresno Unified staff report. The report said that dollar figure is "preliminary." But Bullard Area Trustee Terry Slatic said the reported estimate is significantly lower than...