Fresno Unified School District Archives

Fresno County’s COVID-19 Tracker Shows a 41% Drop in Case Positivity Since Early January

February 3, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many non-math majors to figure out trends, statistics, abnormalities, and anomalies over the past 10 months. There are so many websites, databases, and COVID-tracker projects that it can all be a bit mind numbing. But, every...

Trustee Slatic Calls for ‘Redshirt’ Year for High Schoolers When In-Person Classes Resume

Nancy Price

January 19, 2021

High school students who want an extra year in school after struggling with distance learning and the absence of friends and activities during the pandemic should be allowed to do so, Fresno Unified Trustee Ter...

Portrait of former FUSD CFO Ruthie Quinto and a montage of $100 bills

Quinto Now in Malibu. FUSD Parting Pact Includes Year’s Pay, $39K in Retirement Contributions.

Nancy Price

January 4, 2021

Fresno Unified School District is paying $39,000 in retirement plan contributions in addition to a year's pay totaling $287,385.25 to former deputy superintendent/chief financial officer Ruth Quinto, who remain...

District Spends Over $1M Fighting Lawsuit That Could Refund Its School Construction Funds

Nancy Price

December 7, 2020

Fresno Unified School District has spent more than $1 million battling a plaintiff who is suing to have $37 million in school construction funds returned to the district's own bank account. And the legal costs will continue to grow. The state's Fifth Distri...

Parents Get More Time to Weigh In on FUSD Return to School Options

Nancy Price

December 1, 2020

Fresno Unified School District is giving parents of elementary students more time to respond to a survey about whether they want their kids back in school or remaining on distance learning once Fresno County re...

Superintendent Looks to Shake Up Roles to Boost Fresno Student Performance

Nancy Price

November 18, 2020

Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson wants to put even more focus on improving students' academic performance by restructuring one of the district's top jobs and reorganizing the functions of others. A p...

More Than 12,000 Students Chronically Absent This Year, District Says.

Nancy Price

November 4, 2020

About 12,600 Fresno Unified students have been chronically absent this year, of whom more than a third are English learners, special education students, foster kids, and the homeless, the district reports. The district defines chronic absence as when studen...

Former NFL Player Returns Home to Open ‘Disneyland of Schools’ in Fresno

Nancy Price

October 29, 2020

Robert Golden knows what it's like to be an inner-city kid in Fresno who lives only an hour or two from mountains and ocean but has never seen Yosemite Falls or swum in the Pacific. Like many of them, Golden dr...

Advocate Says School Board May Be Violating Law with Public Comment Policy

Nancy Price

October 26, 2020

When the Fresno Unified School Board holds its bi-monthly meetings, community members who want to comment on scheduled agenda or unscheduled items must submit their statements by voicemail or email by 8 p.m. th...

Should FUSD Board Return to In-Person Meetings? This Trustee Says Yes.

Nancy Price

October 21, 2020

Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic expects to be sitting by himself on the dais at the district's downtown headquarters when the school board meets Wednesday evening. Slatic maintains that it's wrong for the board to continue with online board meetings rat...

RIP Jon Huber. Pro Wrestler Was Well Known to Local WWE Fans.

State’s Greenhouse Gas Programs Under Scrutiny. Hurtado Critical of Tropical Forest Program.

Fresno Attorney’s Condition Stumped Stanford. He Thanks Local Hospital for Saving His Life.

Investing $175 Million and Going Beyond Hospital Walls to Improve Health

Fresno Area Porch Pirates Get Your Packages Within Minutes, Now You Have a Way To Fight Back

‘I Couldn’t Protect Allie That Night’ Says Street Racing Victim’s Mom, Grateful for Police Crackdown

These Clovis Medical and Pharmacy School Students Are Giving COVID-19 Vaccine Shots

New City, State Partnership Tackles Homeless Problem Along Fresno Freeways

When Andre and Another Future Wrestling Giant Slugged It Out in Fresno

‘Cancel’ Culture Heading to Fresno Grizzlies Clubhouse

Restructured Grizzlies Set to Face Visalia in First Home Game of 2021

US Officials: Pilot Error Caused Kobe Bryant Chopper Crash

'Too White' To Get COVID Vaccine? Some Social Justice Activists Say Yes.

Walters: Another Chance to Act on Housing

Walters: School Reopening Row Nears Climax

Opinion: Tax Hike on Employers Isn’t Necessary as State Enjoys Revenue Windfall

GV Wire Unfiltered - January 12, 2021

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Clovis City Council Candidates Spar During Candidate Forum

Valley GOP Lawmaker Valadao Votes To Impeach Trump

Biden Win Confirmed After Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol

Trump Says He’ll ‘Fight Like Hell’ to Hold on to Presidency

Fresno County’s COVID-19 Tracker Shows a 41% Drop in Case Positivity Since Early January

Trustee Slatic Calls for ‘Redshirt’ Year for High Schoolers When In-Person Classes Resume

Quinto Now in Malibu. FUSD Parting Pact Includes Year’s Pay, $39K in Retirement Contributions.

District Spends Over $1M Fighting Lawsuit That Could Refund Its School Construction Funds

Parents Get More Time to Weigh In on FUSD Return to School Options

Superintendent Looks to Shake Up Roles to Boost Fresno Student Performance

More Than 12,000 Students Chronically Absent This Year, District Says.

Former NFL Player Returns Home to Open ‘Disneyland of Schools’ in Fresno

Advocate Says School Board May Be Violating Law with Public Comment Policy

Should FUSD Board Return to In-Person Meetings? This Trustee Says Yes.

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