The Fresno Unified School Board voted 5-1 to censure Trustee Terry Slatic over his monologue that shut down a recent School Board meeting and his use of district letterhead to send a news release, both violations of board bylaws. Unlike the first censure vote in August 2019, this time Slatic...
Fresno’s Armenians Finally To Have a School Named After One of Their Own
The quest by Fresno's Armenian community to have a Fresno Unified school named for an Armenian ended Wednesday night when trustees voted unanimously to change the name of Forkner Elementary School to H. Roger Tatarian Elementary. The board's vote came after multiple speakers addressed the board on both sides of...
Fresno School Board Candidate List Keeps Growing
Former City Councilman Blong Xiong really does mean to run in April's special election for the Fresno Unified Area 5 seat, even though the Fresno County campaign website has his campaign's statement of organization slated for 2024. Xiong said Friday that when his campaign committee documents were being recorded, there was...
Tax + Gas Dollars = Program Boosts at Reedley College, Fresno State
Reedley College got a big boost in September when Assembly Member Dr. Joaquin Arambula presented a $1 million check for the college's Aviation Maintenance Technology and Flight Science programs. The funds, contained in the taxpayer-supported state budget, will help expand job training and opportunities in the region. But specifically, it...
Fresno Trustee Election Bumps Up Against Redistricting Deadline
The once-in-a-decade redistricting of government bodies such as Fresno Unified will be overlapping this spring with the special election to fill the Area 5 seat that was left vacant with the death of Trustee Carol Mills on July 21. But School Board candidates won't have to worry about redrawn lines...
Fresno Trustees Opt to Fast-Track School Renaming, not Slatic’s Censure
Fresno Unified trustees agreed Wednesday night not to wait for a board bylaw on renaming schools before deciding to move forward with renaming Forkner Elementary School for famed newsman H. Roger Tatarian. But the board majority found no need for speed when it comes to a potential censure for Bullard...
Rush to Judgment? Fresno Trustees Want to Censure Outspoken Member ASAP
Fresno Unified trustees will discuss reimposing a censure of Bullard High Area Trustee Terry Slatic at Wednesday's board meeting. It's unclear exactly why, however, since the Sept. 3 email from Trustee Veva Islas says only that she and Trustees Keshia Thomas and Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas "request an immediate censure of...
Trustee Calls on DA to Investigate Fresno Schools Chief, Board Members
Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic is accusing Superintendent Bob Nelson and fellow School Board members of multiple violations of the state Education Code that he says requires districts to notify school staff when a student with a history of violence is transferred to a new school. In a news release...
Teachers Union Says Fresno Unified Gets F for COVID-19 Safety Planning
Fresno Unified teachers are having to buy personal protective equipment for their classrooms because they don't know how to obtain it through the district, the teachers union says. The Fresno Teachers Association is calling on the district to implement a 10-point plan that includes more clearly communicating the process to...
Trustee’s Filibuster Shuts Down Fresno School Board Meeting
The Fresno Unified School Board meeting came to an abrupt halt Wednesday evening when Trustee Terry Slatic refused to stop talking after being told that he was disrupting the meeting and no longer had the floor. It appeared to be the first time in the history of California's third-largest school...