Fresno Unified School District's first contract proposal presented Thursday to the Fresno Teachers Association includes an 11% salary increase over the next three years that would be contingent on state funding. The district had previously agreed to pay 100% of health care premiums for individuals. Families of three or larger...
FUSD Offers Teachers 11% Pay Raise over 3 Years in First Contract Proposal
Fresno Unified School District's first contract proposal presented Thursday to the Fresno Teachers Association includes an 11% salary increase over the next three years that would be contingent on state funding. The district had previously agreed to pay 100% of health care premiums for individuals. Families of three or larger...
Fresno Trustees Make It Clear: Student Literacy Must Improve ASAP
Fresno Unified administrators outlined at a School Board workshop Thursday the district's new Literary Initiative that will launch with great fanfare in August and that will aim to have all students reading at grade level by the first grade. School Board members then peppered them with questions, but the main...
FUSD Says Teachers Are Mulling Strike Authorization Vote. FTA Says They Aren’t.
Fresno Unified School District says the teachers union is not only veering from an agreed-upon method of contract negotiation but also is considering a strike authorization vote. "Fresno Unified has received information that leads one to believe FTA plans to take a Strike Authorization Vote amongst their membership on Tuesday,...
Fresno Schools Chief Unveils a Moon Shot: All Students Reading at Grade Level by 1st Grade
There's a catchphrase among educators that students must first learn to read, then read to learn. In their first few years of schooling, students are supposed to be acquiring the literacy skills they will need to comprehend their lessons and be successful academically throughout their school careers. California's literacy efforts...
More Safety — But Not More Cops — Needed at Fresno High, Say Teachers and Parents
A recent violent stabbing on a sidewalk next to Fresno High School has reignited concerns among teachers, students, and their parents about safety on the campus. A handful of them brought those concerns to the School Board at Wednesday's meeting, saying that students and teachers don't feel safe, and that...
These Kids Have Been Tardy Every Day Since School Started in August. Who’s to Blame?
More than 200 students attending Computech Middle School in southwest Fresno have been arriving late to school since the start of the school year. And it's not just Computech — students at Fresno Unified's other magnet schools and special education students "have suffered from an unacceptable bus delivery tardy rate,"...
Fresno Unified Considers 2024 Bond Measure, Bullard High Fence
Fresno Unified School District is considering putting a new bond measure for facilities on the ballot in 2024, officials said at Wednesday's board meeting. There is no information yet as to how large a bond measure would go before voters and which projects would be targeted, chief operations officer Paul...
Slatic Accused of Bilking the Superintendent. State Investigating.
By David Taub and Nancy Price GV Wire Former Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic is under investigation for running up a tab paid by Superintendent Bob Nelson. But, it wasn't Slatic's attempt to disguise hundreds of dollars of wine and liquor as tomahawk steaks that has him under the microscope...
Tentative Ruling Denies Fresno Trustee’s Bid to Dismiss Coach’s Defamation Suit
Update Thursday: Judge Kristi Culver Kapetan heard arguments from attorneys about whether Bullard Coach Don Arax's defamation lawsuit should be dismissed under anti-SLAPP laws and she would consider them before issuing her final ruling. In her tentative ruling this week, Kapetan found that there was sufficient evidence of alleged defamation...