The Fresno Unified School Board will take a step closer to what trustees hope will be a solution to the nagging problem of crappy school lunches. On Wednesday night's agenda is the adoption of an executive chef job description and salary. In addition to collaborating with the district's nutritionist to...
Fresno Zoo Becomes Classroom for Unique Charter School’s Teachers
Fresno Chaffee Zoo will be a classroom laboratory for students at Golden Charter Academy, Fresno's newest charter elementary school, and this week more than a dozen teachers from the school are at the zoo for training. Animals facts that were dispensed Monday morning by zoo docent Cathy Walker and Dean...
Fresno Superintendent Takes His Militant Positivity to New Level in Thanking ‘Haters’
Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson is known as a friendly and cheerful guy who, if he wasn't heading the state's third-largest school district, could make a good living as a used-car salesman. (Or so he has reportedly said.) One of his favorite catchphrases, usually accompanied by a hashtag, is Militant...
Fresno Trustee Slams Board Over Review of Son-in-Law’s Charter School
Fresno Unified School Board Clerk Keshia Thomas minced no words Wednesday night in an angry, eight-minute diatribe about the School Board's review last month of the charter petition for Golden Charter Academy School, which was founded by her son-in-law Robert Golden. She called an analysis by the nonprofit group In...
Fresno Board OK’s ‘Disneyland of Schools’ Charter Despite Concerns Over Finances, Lease
The Fresno Unified School Board voted 4-2 Wednesday night to approve a five-year initial charter for the Golden Charter Academy, a K-8 school that former NFL player Robert Golden hopes will be a "Disneyland of schools" that children will be drawn to and where they will find success. The vote...
‘Disneyland of Schools’ Charter Proposal Raises Serious Red Flags, Outside Expert Says
The petition for a K-8 charter school that would be linked to Fresno Chaffee Zoo and proposed by former NFL player Robert Golden has numerous flaws and should be denied by the Fresno Unified School Board, according to an analysis by In The Public Interest, a research and policy nonprofit....