Fresno Unified School Board trustees on Wednesday will consider renewing the censure of controversial trustee Terry Slatic and asking the Fresno County Grand Jury "and other appropriate regulatory agencies" to launch an investigation of his conduct. A draft resolution to renew the censure, which the board imposed a year ago...
Fresno Unified: Distance Learning Will Be Done ‘Right Way’ Starting Next Week
When the new school year begins for Fresno Unified School District next Monday, students will spend their first two days getting to know teachers and classmates via their laptops and tablets. School officials are making sure that students have the materials and devices, including Wi-Fi and broadband Internet connection, that...
Clovis Unified Offers ‘Flexible Online’ Option for Kids of Working Parents
Working parents who can't be home during the day while their kids are attending their Clovis Unified school online have the option of a "flexible" schedule. Students will still have access to teachers during the daytime, but parents will be in charge of when their kids do schoolwork at their...
ACLU Complaint Says Fresno Unified Fails English Learner Families
The ACLU of Northern California says Fresno Unified School District violated the civil rights of English learners and failed to follow California Department of Education and district requirements when it failed to remove language barriers that limit parent participation, including helping the district decide how to allocate its resources. The...
What Will Online Learning Look Like This Time for Fresno Unified Students?
Fresno Unified School District students will have daily live instruction with their teachers when they start the school year with online learning on Aug. 17 — and for all students, from transitional kindergarten through high school, the school day starts at 9 a.m. Their teachers will instruct either from home...
Fresno Unified Teachers Want to Know: What’s the Distance Learning Plan?
Fresno Unified officials say the distance learning program provided to its 74,000 students starting just three weeks from now will be markedly different than the one in the final two months of the past school year. But details about what school will look like while students are learning virtually are...
Fresno Unified Plans to Roll Out Its Own Internet in South Neighborhoods
Fresno Unified students who need the internet for virtual instruction this school year won't have to try to find a shady spot near a Wi-Fi-equipped school bus as they did in the waning weeks of the past school year. Listen to this article: The district is planning to pilot its...
Could Local Elementary Schools Reopen with Waiver from COVID-19 Closures?
Big Creek Elementary School sits high in the Sierra southwest of Huntington Lake and serves 56 students. Thus far, there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 in the tiny community. So Big Creek might seem a likelier candidate than most schools to qualify for a waiver from Gov. Gavin...
Want Kids Back in School? Officials Say Wear a Mask, Wash Your Hands & Control COVID.
Students in the Fresno and Clovis unified school districts will start the new school year next month with online learning, but it's not due to school board decisions. Because Fresno County is one of the California counties on a state watch list for rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, a mandate...
Central Unified’s School Year Will Start with Online Instruction Only Due to COVID
Central Unified School District officials, with an eye on rapidly rising rates of coronavirus infection in the Fresno area, decided Tuesday night to provide online instruction only when school resumes in August. The decision to resume distance learning only was made after Central and other school district officials on late...