There are no plans now to close classrooms at Fresno-area public schools and colleges to stem a potential spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, but officials say they are monitoring health advisories from county, state and federal agencies for recommendations. As of now, the California Department of Public Health is recommending...
State Center Trustees Consider PLA for West Fresno Campus
State Center Community College District trustees are considering a project labor agreement for the West Fresno Campus that gives hiring priority for construction trades jobs to State Center-trained apprentices and graduates. The agreement also gives priority for subcontracting jobs to businesses owned by State Center graduates, in what is called...
Which Bond Measures Will Pass? Fresno Definite, Central Hopeful, Clovis Unlikely
The latest batch of primary election vote totals released Friday afternoon by the Fresno County Elections Office shows that Fresno Unified School District's $325 million Measure M school bond measure has claimed even more voter support, climbing to an approval margin of 59% to 41%. Most local bond measures require...
Hoover's Archie Has His Dream Basketball Job — and Wins Playoff Game Tonight
Update: Hoover High beat Hillsdale High 60-58 on Thursday night and moves on to the CIF Division IV regional semifinals game that will be played at 6 p.m. Saturday at Hoover. The opponent is Brookside Christian of Stockton. Blocked shot as time expired...Hoover advances!! 60-58 over Hillsdale!! @PAGMETER @hhsKnights @CIFState...
Fresno Unified Predicts Measure M Success, Other Districts Wait For More Vote Counts
Fresno Unified School District's $325 million Measure M appears headed to victory, which seems to be eluding other local school bond measures in Tuesday's primary election. Based on current vote totals, the only other local school bond measure that seems certain of being approved is Parlier Unified School District's $11...
FUSD Superintendent Says Board Should Deny Slatic Censure Claim
Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson is advising trustees to deny a claim for damages submitted in February by trustee Terry Slatic, who maintains that his board censure was unlawful. Update: The board voted 6-0 Wednesday evening, with Slatic absent from the dais, to deny the claim. Slatic said previously that...
Local School Bond Measure Elections Are Nail-Biters
Supporters of Clovis Unified School District's Measure A bond measure were hoping for a victory celebration Tuesday evening as they gathered at a northeast Fresno eatery to wait for election returns. But when early results that showed the $408 million bond measure that was losing by a margin of 52%...
Fresno Unified Trustees Approve PLA For New Elementary
The Fresno Unified school board voted 6-1 Wednesday to approve a project labor agreement for the construction of Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School and a memorandum of understanding to provide stronger links between local trades unions and student career pathway programs. Listen to this article: The project labor agreement, which...
Fresno Teachers Union Grievance Has Potential $150M Price Tag
Fresno Unified's teachers' union says the district has violated its contract by improperly spending millions of dollars — perhaps as much as $150 million over the past three years — to cover retirees' healthcare costs with money that's supposed to be spent only on active employees. Fresno Teachers Association President...
Mills Says She's Running for 5th Term on Fresno Unified Board
The election is more than eight months away, but Fresno Unified trustee Carol Mills isn't wasting any time. On Monday Mills, who represents Area 5 (Fresno High region) on the board, announced she is seeking re-election. She won her first election to the school board in November 2004. She says...