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Fresno Trustee Mills to Disability Critic: ‘Don’t Disparage Me’

Fresno Unified Trustee Carol Mills broke her public silence about a disability that has severely affected her speech and has kept her from attending School Board meetings in person so far this year in rebuking a critic she said belittled her and others with disabilities. Mills, who represents the Fresno...

Advocates Want Police Off Fresno Unified Campuses. Students, Parents, Staff Say Otherwise.

Advocates who want police officers removed from Fresno Unified campuses have sent hundreds of public comments and appeared in person before the School Board to urge trustees not to renew the district's contract with the Fresno Police Department. They are vocal and passionate supporters for "defunding" the district's student resource...

With FUSD Limiting Classroom Time, Mom Sends Kindergartner to Two Schools

CJ Paschal is getting twice as much in-school time as many other Fresno Unified kindergartners  — but his parents are paying extra for it. Since January CJ has been attending the kindergarten afternoon enrichment program at Fairmont Private School, where he plays on the playground, digs in the garden, reads...

Fresno Unified High School Graduation Ceremonies Will Be Outdoors

Fresno Unified seniors in the Class of 2021 will don caps and gowns and gather with classmates for graduation ceremonies later this spring, the district announced Friday. But unlike in earlier years, the ceremonies will be held outdoors, and attendance might be limited to immediate household members to ensure sufficient...

Will FUSD Teachers, Staff Roll Up Their Sleeves? Thousands of Vaccine Doses Now Available.

Vaccinations of Fresno Unified school staffers started Thursday at Valley Children's Hospital, which plans to inoculate 3,000 district employees over a five-day period. Employees are getting shots of the Pfizer vaccine supplied by the Fresno County Public Health Department. The hospital initially was prepared to vaccinate 2,000 school employees but...

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

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 so often there's a stand out graphic everyone can...

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

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 Terry Slatic said Tuesday. Slatic is proposing that students in grades 9 through 12 be allowed...

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

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 remains on paid administrative leave through Sept. 30, 2021. The School Board approved Quinto's resignation agreement by a vote of 4-3, with trustees Carol...

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

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 District Court of Appeal recently ruled that a Fresno...

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