Fresno Unified School District trustees voted Wednesday night to extend school closings through June 12 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their 7-0 vote came on the heels of a mounting campaign earlier Wednesday by California's top officials urging districts to keep schools closed through the end of the school year...
Fresno Unified Will Serve Meals During Spring Break After All
Fresno Unified School District announced Monday that meals will be served at school sites during Spring Break, an about-face from the district's original plan to discontinue meals during the week leading up to Easter Sunday. Community activists had urged the district to keep serving meals so that no children —...
Fresno Unified Cancels Classes. They Will Resume April 14.
Calling it "a very momentous day," Superintendent Bob Nelson announced Friday that Fresno Unified schools will close Monday and remain closed until April 14 in an effort to diminish the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Nelson, flanked by school board president Keisha Thomas and trustees Claudia Cazares, Veva Islas, and...
Voting Update: Dyer Over 50%, but His Lead Shrinks
The latest update of election results Friday showed that the race for Fresno mayor has tightened. After counting 50,000 of the approximately 80,000 outstanding countywide ballots, Jerry Dyer leads at 52.17%, a much slimmer margin than on election night. Tyler Maxwell's bid for the Fresno City Council remains on target,...
Fresno Unified Out of Excuses for Terrible Academic Performance
There can be no more excuses or pleadings for more time from Fresno Unified about its terrible academic performance. Never has the district had more tools to accelerate student learning. Listen to this article: Labor Peace, Big Budget, Stable Leadership The district enjoys unprecedented labor peace — the result of...
Fresno Unified to Vote on PLA for New Elementary School
Fresno Unified trustees on Wednesday will consider inking an agreement that guarantees workers building a new elementary school in southeast Fresno will come from union hiring halls. If approved by the board, the project labor agreement will be included in the construction contract for Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School. Critics...
Court Rules Student Must Pay Some of School Trustee's Legal Bill
A Bullard cheerleader who unsuccessfully sought a restraining order against Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic was ordered Thursday to pay him $1,000 for his legal costs and $285.68 in court costs. Slatic, who represents the Bullard High School area on the school board, had sought $10,000 for his legal costs....
RIP, Janet Ryan: She Championed Children, Good Government
Fresno leaders are mourning the death Wednesday of Janet Martino Ryan, a champion of children and an advocate for good government. Ryan, 80, served 12 years as a Fresno Unified School District trustee representing the Hoover High School region. The district named Hoover's academic building in her honor in 2016...
Hmong Comedian/Educator Headlines SE Asian Family Education Conference
Touger Xiong, a Hmong American comedian and educator, will be the keynote speaker Saturday at the second annual Southeast Asian Family Education Conference, "Journey to Success." Families can learn about services and scholarships and how best to support kids in school. The conference, which is co-sponsored by Fresno Unified's Parent...
Fresno Unified Trustees to Slatic: Get Anger Management Before We Revise Censure
A majority of Fresno Unified trustees agreed Wednesday night that they see no reason to revise their censure of fellow trustee Terry Slatic, noting that he has not attended anger management and now is threatening to sue the district over the censure. And board president Keshia Thomas, who accused Slatic...