Although school safety efforts by districts across Fresno County vary widely, the likelihood of a mass school shooting similar to the one in Uvalde, Texas, last year seems unlikely here, the Fresno County grand jury said in a report released Wednesday morning. The report's release coincides with the first anniversary...
Video of 6-Year-Old Girl's Arrest Shows the Perils of Putting Police in Primary Schools
When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids safe. The recent release of body camera footage from the arrest of a 6-year-old in a Florida school, however, shows that sometimes one threat to the students is the officers themselves....
Workshop Seeks to Help Valley School Staffs ID Potential Threats
Valley educators and law enforcement officials will gather Monday in Fresno for a three-day workshop designed to help staff more readily identify threats to student and staff safety, including potential mass shooting incidents. The workshop will come on the heels of Thursday morning's shooting at a Santa Clarita high school...
DA Clears Slatic and Bullard Student in Physical Confrontation
Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic will not face criminal prosecution related to a physical confrontation with a student at Bullard High School. The Fresno County District Attorney’s office announced Friday (Feb. 15) afternoon that it wouldn't file charges against Slatic or the 15-year old student involved in the Jan. 11...
FUSD Broke Open Meeting Rules in Slatic Incident, Says Bullard Student's Lawyer
The lawyer representing a student seen in a physical altercation caught on video with a school board trustee says the district is skirting the law when it discussed the case at a subsequent meeting. On the Jan. 11 afternoon in question, surveillance video showed elected FUSD trustee Terry Slatic engage...
Student in Slatic Confrontation Remains in School, District Says
The student who allegedly threatened to kill a Fresno Unified trustee remains in class at Bullard High School, a district spokeswoman says. “Based upon information the district has including the video, there is nothing to indicate the student should receive disciplinary action,” Fresno Unified spokeswoman Amy Idsvoog said. Idsvoog says...
Schools Eye Facial Recognition Technology To Boost Security
LOCKPORT, N.Y. — The surveillance system that has kept watch on students entering Lockport schools for over a decade is getting a novel upgrade. Facial recognition technology soon will check each face against a database of expelled students, sex offenders and other possible troublemakers. It could be the start of...