Before they voted to give themselves a 5% annual pay increase, some Fresno Unified School District trustees asked whether they could make that pay raise retroactive to 2002 — two years before any of the board members were even elected. The board's lawyer said they could, although they were sure...
Fresno Unified Trustees Approve Pay Raise — for Themselves
Fresno Unified trustees' paychecks will get a boost for the first time since 2001. Board members unanimously approved a 5% pay raise for this year, and every year after, at Wednesday night's meeting. Fresno's trustees have long had the ability to increase their pay under state law but hesitated to...
Slatic Opponents Looking for Cash to Fuel Recall Campaign
The campaign to recall Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic will take another step forward Sunday with a kickoff fundraiser. "An Evening of Food, Music & Wonderful People" will be held in the home of Howard and Christine Watkins at 1785 W. Dovewood Lane in Fresno from 4 to 6 p.m....
Will FUSD's Newest Elementary Be Ready by 2021? Maybe Not.
The first day of classes at a new elementary school in southeast Fresno might have to be pushed back to August 2022 unless Fresno Unified School District soon advertises for bids on the $44 million project, a district administrator warns. Listen to this article: The advertisements were put on hold...
Kaiser Permanente Grants Help Local Schoolkids Get Fit, Stay Hydrated
There's a whole lot less sitting around in after-school programs at Fresno Unified School District these days after a $75,000 grant from Kaiser Permanent Fresno helped buy new equipment and hire staffers to help kids get fit — and stay there. Earlier this month students at Jefferson Elementary got to...
Where's the AC? Fresno Unified Students, Teachers Feel the Heat
Air conditioning continues to be a hot-button issue for Fresno Unified School District, which has grappled with about 800 requests for service since the start of the school year Aug. 19. For those classrooms and other spaces without operating air conditioning, the first 13 days were sweltering. The National Weather...
What Fresno Unified's Top Officials Learned This Summer at Harvard
When six Fresno Unified trustees and the superintendent traveled to Boston this summer, it wasn't so they could take in a ballgame at Fenway Park, go on a sightseeing tour of the Boston Common or Old North Church, or tuck into a Cape Cod picnic. Their destination was Harvard University,...
Students Hot and Parent Bothered Over Lack of AC on FUSD Buses
Brandi Alexander's 10-year-old son normally doesn't mind the long school bus ride to Yokomi Elementary, where he is a GATE student. But when the summer temperatures are in the triple digits, those rides are nearly unbearable, Alexander says. When he gets home, "he's just beet red," Alexander told GV Wire....
Who is Taking Bullard Students Off-Campus for Birth Control Pills?
Students at Bullard High School are being driven off-campus during the school day to pick up birth control pills in vehicles that aren't owned by Fresno Unified School District and by people who don't work for the district, trustee Terry Slatic says. He's concerned about the district's potential liability in...
Who is Taking Bullard Students Off-Campus for Birth Control Pills?
Students at Bullard High School are being driven off-campus during the school day to pick up birth control pills in vehicles that aren't owned by Fresno Unified School District and by people who don't work for the district, trustee Terry Slatic says. He's concerned about the district's potential liability in...