Madera Unified eighth-graders embarked on a project this year to study the impact of Jim Crow laws on their town and the nation that enforced and legalized racial segregation in many areas. As their research widened, the students were horrified when they learned the story of Emmett Till. A...
DA: We Can’t Prove FUSD Violated Law on Student Crime Notices
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has ended its investigation into allegations raised by Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic that school officials repeatedly failed to notify teachers about students' history of violence. Assistant DA Jerry Stanley said this week that the office concluded that the alleged violations of state...
Fresno School Board Chooses Citizen-Drawn Map for New Trustee Areas
The Fresno Unified School Board on Wednesday evening approved a redistricting map drawn by a citizens' nonprofit that will increase the number of trustee areas with predominantly Latino populations from two to three while also adhering more closely to school attendance boundaries. Increasing the number of Latino-majority trustee areas...
Will A Resolution Help Make Fresno Schools More Inclusive for Special-Needs Kids?
Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson hopes a resolution that the School Board will consider at tonight's trustee meeting will boost efforts to get students with special needs closer to a mainstream education. Resolution 21-15 "Endorsing Inclusive Education Practices for Every Student" spells out that students are to be welcomed...
Fresno Unified Will Pilot Compost Program for Food Waste
Following the passing of a new state law, Fresno Unified School District will begin a pilot program with the goal of composting scraps from school meals instead of sending them to landfills. Senate Bill 1383 took effect at the start of the year, requiring households, businesses, and schools to...
Fresno School Board Prepares to Censure Slatic Again
The ink was barely dry on the letter from Fresno Unified Board President Valerie Davis, notifying fellow Trustee Terry Slatic that his two years of censure had ended, when Slatic launched into a meeting-ending monologue at the Aug. 25 board meeting. Slatic now faces a new censure resolution detailing past...
Fresno’s Armenians Could Finally Get a School Named for Tatarian
Armenians represent about 7% of Fresno's population, but in the city's largest school district there are no schools bearing the name of an Armenian. That could change at Wednesday evening's Fresno Unified School Board meeting. The trustees are scheduled to consider renaming a northwest Fresno elementary school for H. Roger...
Fresno Unified Closes Special Ed School Due to COVID Infections
Fresno Unified has closed Addicott Elementary School for 10 days after a fourth person tested positive for COVID-19, district spokeswoman Nikki Henry told GV Wire on Friday. "Yesterday we learned of a 4th positive case impacting Addicott. Out of an abundance of caution for our students and staff, and in...
Fresno Unified Wasn’t Ready to Test Kids for COVID-19 so They Could Stay in School
Cheri Perry's third-grade daughter was eager to return to Malloch Elementary for in-person classes after last year's pandemic-caused school closures. But on Monday, the first full day of classes for Fresno Unified students, Perry got a phone call from the school saying her daughter had to stay home for 10...
Little Book Bins Aim to Turn Kids into Big Readers
Kids in one central Fresno neighborhood won't have to travel far if they're looking for something to read this summer. A Little Book Bin was installed at Mayfair Elementary last Tuesday, the first of many to come. The goal is to encourage kids to read more and boost their literacy...