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Should Fresno Schools Honoring Men with Racist Histories be Renamed?

One elementary school in Fresno is named after a racist, slave-owning U.S. president. A few miles away is an elementary school named for a longtime Fresno developer whose race-based deed restrictions kept Armenians and others from buying homes in certain neighborhoods. The Central and Fresno Unified School Boards are being...

Fresno Schools Still Not Ready to Provide In-School Quarantines for Kids

Fresno Unified School District is still at least a few days away from implementing an in-school modified quarantine for students identified as having had a close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, district spokeswoman Amy Idsvoog said Wednesday. Based on feedback from school healthcare professionals, the district needs...

Reversal: Voters Will Now Pick New Fresno Schools Trustee. It Will be a Long Wait.

In a somewhat surprising reversal, the Fresno Unified School Board decided Wednesday night to schedule an election so Fresno High voters could choose the next Area 5 trustee. The 6-0 decision came only a week after the School Board, in a split vote, moved forward with a plan to give...

Valley Schools Scramble After State Hands Down New Vaccine, Testing Mandate

Valley school districts scrambled Wednesday to determine how best to implement the new state public health order announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom that will require staff in public and private schools across California to either provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or undergo testing at least once weekly. Newsom's announcement comes...

Where Were Warrior Mascot Activists During Debate Over Filling Fresno Trustee Seat?

The dozens of people who faithfully showed up at Fresno Unified School Board meetings in recent months to lobby trustees to keep the Fresno High Warrior mascot image may not be as keen to have a say in who will represent the Fresno High area. Only three community members stepped...

Fresno Trustees Give Early Nod to Appointing, not Electing Carol Mills’ Replacement

The Fresno Unified School Board voted 4-2 Tuesday to move forward with the process of making a provisional appointment to fill the Fresno High Area 5 seat made vacant with the death of Trustee Carol Mills. Board president Valerie Davis and Trustees Keshia Thomas, Claudia Cazares, and Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas...

Board Will Discuss Filling Fresno High Area Trustee Seat Tuesday

The Fresno Unified School Board has scheduled a special meeting for 5 p.m. Tuesday to figure out how to fill the Fresno High Area 5 seat formerly held by Carol Mills, who died July 21 after battling ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The board has two choices: Make...

Group Hints at Possible Drama Over Fresno School Board Vacancy

The untimely passing of Trustee Carol Mills has left a vacancy on the Fresno Unified School Board that could result in a struggle over filling the seat. Mills won her fifth term representing the Fresno High area in November 2020. She died Wednesday after a battle with ALS — amyotrophic...

Carol Mills, Fresno’s ‘Hardest Working’ Trustee, Was Tireless Advocate for District, Children

Update: A public memorial service for Carol Mills has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 at Fresno High's Royce Hall, 1839 N. Echo Ave. Carol Mills, who represented the Fresno High area on the Fresno Unified School Board for nearly two decades, died early Wednesday after battling ALS...

Court Rejects ‘Warrior’ Lawsuit; Group Threatens School Board Recalls

Supporters of Fresno High School's traditional mascot, a Native American warrior image, are now 0 for 3 after a Fresno County Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed their civil lawsuit claiming the School Board violated the Brown Act in its vote to change the mascot. Judge Gabriel Brickey found that...

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