Madera Unified School District is hosting a Zoom online teleconference at 5:30 p.m. Monday to talk about the governor's mandate closing schools in COVID-19 watchlist counties such as Madera. Counties that have rising infection or hospitalization rates are put on the watchlist. Once Madera County is off the watchlist for...
Want Kids Back in School? Officials Say Wear a Mask, Wash Your Hands & Control COVID.
Students in the Fresno and Clovis unified school districts will start the new school year next month with online learning, but it's not due to school board decisions. Because Fresno County is one of the California counties on a state watch list for rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, a mandate...
Parents Get Their Wish. Clovis Students Will Return to Classrooms in August.
For many Clovis Unified students, the new school year will mean returning to classrooms that were suddenly vacated in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The question for trustees at Wednesday night's meeting was whether students would be in class on campus for two days each week or all five....
Central Unified’s School Year Will Start with Online Instruction Only Due to COVID
Central Unified School District officials, with an eye on rapidly rising rates of coronavirus infection in the Fresno area, decided Tuesday night to provide online instruction only when school resumes in August. The decision to resume distance learning only was made after Central and other school district officials on late...
Face Masks, One-Way Hallways Proposed in Fresno School Reopening Plan
Hallways would be marked with one-way signs, facial masks would be "strongly encouraged/required," and football player conditioning could begin as soon as Monday under a proposed Fresno Unified schools reopening plan that trustees will consider at tonight's board meeting. The plan includes the results of recent surveys showing that parents,...
New Normal for Schools: No More Perfect Attendance Awards
No more perfect attendance awards. Keep students 6 feet apart in classrooms as well as on buses. Wear cloth face masks. And, be aware that there could be another round of school closures ahead. Until the threat of the coronavirus pandemic lifts, this may be the new normal for public...