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Madera High Student Tests Positive for COVID-19, School Shutters Athletics

July 31, 2020

Madera High School has suspended all athletic workouts after a student-athlete tested positive for COVID-19, athletic director John Fernandez said Thursday. The student, who was not identified, was exposed this month to the coronavirus by a person off campu...

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Madera South Student Under Investigation for ‘Hateful’ Social Media Post

Nancy Price

July 6, 2020

A Madera South High School student is under investigation after a "hateful" post surfaced on social media on the Fourth of July, district spokesman Babatunde Ilori said Monday. "Any kind of discriminatory or...

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Madera Unified: ‘We’re Not Madera County School Board, and We Don’t Condone Racism’

Nancy Price

June 24, 2020

Madera Unified School District wants everyone to know that it opposes racism and that it's not the same entity as the Madera County Board of Education, whose president posted on Facebook last weekend "I'm proud...

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Derek Carr to 2020 Grads: Don’t Miss Out on Alternative Ceremonies

Nancy Price

May 26, 2020

COVID-19 has put the kibosh on traditional large-scale graduation ceremonies in May and June for the Class of 2020, but graduates are being celebrated in new and different ways. The celebrations are virtual for now, but districts and colleges are vowing sti...

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School Meal Updates for Fresno And Madera Unifieds During COVID-19 Closures

Nancy Price

March 24, 2020

Fresno Unified is adding Birney Elementary School in central Fresno to the school sites where the community can pick up breakfasts and lunches, district spokeswoman Amy Idsvoog said Tuesday. Birney will be t...

Madera Unified Chief: Goal Is For 100% Of Kids Online During COVID-19 Closures

Nancy Price

March 19, 2020

Madera Unified School District wants every one of its 20,000 students to have access to high-speed internet — no matter the family's income level — and devices like Chromebooks to connect to it so they can keep...

Fresno Unified Chief Still Hopes Schools Will Reopen Before Summer

Nancy Price

March 18, 2020

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's belief that California schools will remain closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson said Wednesday he's not willing to give up hope yet. Nelson's comment came in a 6-minute video u...

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Madera High Student Tests Positive for COVID-19, School Shutters Athletics

Madera Unified: ‘We’re Not Madera County School Board, and We Don’t Condone Racism’

Derek Carr to 2020 Grads: Don’t Miss Out on Alternative Ceremonies

School Meal Updates for Fresno And Madera Unifieds During COVID-19 Closures

Madera Unified Chief: Goal Is For 100% Of Kids Online During COVID-19 Closures

Fresno Unified Chief Still Hopes Schools Will Reopen Before Summer

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