Two billboards in northwest Fresno are urging the Fresno Unified School Board and Fresno Teachers Association to reopen schools to students for five days a week instead of the current plan of two days of in-person learning and three days of distance learning. The changeable message signs at the northeast...
Parents Hire Attorney to Seek Records of Fresno School Reopening Discussions
A group of parents has hired a local attorney to review public record discussions between the Fresno Unified School Board, Superintendent Bob Nelson, and teachers union head Manuel Bonilla over the reopening of schools and other matters. A letter addressed to "Fresno Unified School District" from the Fresno law firm...
Parents, Community Leaders Lobby to Keep Pressure on FUSD at Open Schools Rally
Fresno Unified parents speaking in English and Spanish joined with Fresno city councilmembers, a former Fresno mayor, a School Board member, and other community leaders at a rally Saturday in downtown Fresno in calling for the school district to accelerate the reopening of schools for all students. The rally, organized...
Will Fresno, Central Districts Change School Reopening Plans After State Offer?
Fresno's three largest school districts will be in for a share of the $6.6 billion school reopening spending package that state leaders have agreed to, including $4.6 billion for academic interventions, wellness programs, or other needs that the pandemic has created. The spending packages comes nearly a year after the...
Another Councilman Joins Growing Call to Re-Open Fresno Schools
Fresno City Councilman Miguel Arias, whose two children are enrolled in Fresno Unified schools, is adding his voice to the growing chorus of parents and others who say it's time for the district to reopen campuses to in-person instruction. Arias will be joining parents clamoring for schools to reopen at...
Did She Teach Her Fresno Students Remotely While in New Orleans for Mardi Gras?
A Fresno Unified teacher who reportedly told students in her virtual classroom that she was teaching them live from New Orleans during Mardi Gras may be facing disciplinary action from the district. The teacher's trip to the Big Easy surfaced during Power Talk radio host Trevor Carey's broadcast on Feb....
Clovis Unified High Schools Might Not Reopen for Classes Until January
Clovis Unified high schoolers should stay on distance learning for the remainder of the semester so as not to jeopardize their grade-point average — even if the district gets the OK to resume in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic. That advice from district employees to keep high schoolers on distance...
Clovis Rally Will Make This Demand: ‘Reopen California Schools’
Parents who want schools to open for face-to-face instruction will rally Tuesday afternoon in Clovis and other sites across California in events organized by the Reopen California Schools Facebook group. The local rally will be on Clovis Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday....
Bredefeld Leads Call for School Reopenings. Hospital Urges Caution.
Fresno City Councilman Garry Bredefeld says schools should reopen based on the data. Valley Children's Hospital says schools should remain closed, based on the data. In fact, "data" was uttered at least 34 times by the speakers at an hour-plus City Hall news conference organized Thursday morning by Bredefeld. Bredefeld...