With $2.5 billion in facilities needs identified by consultants and school staffers, Fresno Unified has the seemingly insurmountable task of trying to find enough money to bring schools up to snuff. At a recent workshop, the board reviewed those needs and also talked about putting a new $500 million bond...
Is It Time to Tear Down and Rebuild This Fresno School?
With $2.5 billion in facilities needs identified by consultants and school staffers, Fresno Unified has the seemingly insurmountable task of trying to find enough money to bring schools up to snuff. At a recent workshop, the board reviewed those needs and also talked about putting a new $500 million bond...
Sunnyside High’s Marco Suarez Refused to Let His Environment Define Him. Now He’s Bound for UC Berkeley.
Even when he was just a little boy, Marco Suarez knew he wanted to be an engineer. Maybe it had something to do with his fascination with his Xbox computer gaming system, or how his mind migrated to the certainty and purity of mathematics and science. Suarez, now 18 and...
Sunnyside High’s Marco Suarez Refused to Let His Environment Define Him. Now He’s Bound for UC Berkeley.
Even when he was just a little boy, Marco Suarez knew he wanted to be an engineer. Maybe it had something to do with his fascination with his Xbox computer gaming system, or how his mind migrated to the certainty and purity of mathematics and science. Suarez, now 18 and...
Consultants ID $2.5 Billion in Needs for Fresno Schools. Time for Another Bond Measure?
An assessment of Fresno Unified School District facilities has identified nearly $2.5 billion in needs, from building and site condition deficiencies to technology readiness and "educational suitability." How to pay for it, or at least a part of it? The district could ask voters to approve a bond measure, possibly...
With Aviation Academy, ‘The Sky Is Not the Limit Anymore’ for FUSD Students
Fresno Unified has unveiled plans for a new STEM Aviation Academy & Exploration Center at Chandler Airport in west Fresno, where students will learn how to become a pilot or aircraft mechanic or take on any of a number of aviation-related jobs. Wednesday's presentation at the School Board meeting was...
Fresno Teachers Tell Union: If No Contract by Sept. 29, Call A Strike Authorization Vote
Fresno Teachers Association leaders spelled out their frustrations with ongoing contract negations with Fresno Unified and then asked teachers to show their support for a strike authorization vote in October if there is no agreement by Sept. 29. Hundreds of educators, nearly all clad in bright blue T-shirts, raised their...
Downtown Fresno Street Closing at Noon for Teachers Rally
N Street between Tulare and Mariposa streets in downtown Fresno will be closed starting at noon Wednesday after the Fresno Teachers Association received a permit from City Hall authorizing the closure, a city official said. The closure is scheduled to remain in effect until 8 p.m., the official said. N...
Fresno Teachers Seek 27% Raises, $27,500 Bonuses, COLAs & Other Perks Over 4 Years
A wide chasm still remains between what the Fresno Teachers Association want in their new contract and what Fresno Unified is willing to provide, even as the clock on the current contract is winding down. According to a document supplied to GV Wire by a district official, the teachers union...
Fresno Schools May Lose Social Workers Over Teachers Union Complaint
Students at some Fresno Unified high schools could have fewer social workers on hand next year to help them with their social and emotional problems after the teachers union raised an objection because the workers were hired by contract and not directly by the district. The issue arose during the...