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CTEC High School Celebrates Newest Building and ‘The First’ Class of 2022

  The long-awaited opening of the new multipurpose building at Career Technical Education Charter High School was celebrated Friday morning by educators, politicians, industry partners, and, of course, the students themselves. How long awaited was it? The building, which includes a basketball court and a stage, was supposed to have...

This Fresno State Team Is Headed to National Championship Match

  Fresno State has had a couple of NCAA Division 1 national championships (the 1998 softball and 2008 baseball teams brought home the top prizes). University teams have also won NCAA "college" or Division II titles in track and field (1964) and men's tennis (1968). Now Fresno State Rugby Team...

Seize ‘Opportunity to Make a Change,’ County Schools Chief Candidate Says

  Michelle Cantwell-Copher, who is running for Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, was a no-show at Thursday's candidate forum in the SEIU union hall in southeast Fresno. A forum organizer said Copher called shortly before the scheduled 6 p.m. start to say she would not be coming. That left more...

Attention, Parents: All Spring Break Meals Must Be Picked up Monday at Fresno Unified Schools

  Fresno Unified is continuing its tradition of providing free breakfast and lunches during school holidays by offering to-go meals during spring break, which starts Monday. But there's a somewhat narrow window of opportunity — the district is scheduling the pickup for all seven days' worth of meals from 10...

Madera Middle Schoolers to Retry Emmett Till Murder Case

  Madera Unified eighth-graders embarked on a project this year to study the impact of Jim Crow laws on their town and the nation that enforced and legalized racial segregation in many areas. As their research widened, the students were horrified when they learned the story of Emmett Till.  A...

Clovis Is Quick to Announce Contact Tracing, Quarantine Rollbacks

  Clovis Unified didn't waste any time in announcing changes in COVID-19 contact tracing and quarantining for students. The district notified parents Thursday — the same day the Fresno County Department of Public Health issued new guidelines — that contact tracing for students who are close contacts to a positive...

Got (Strawberry) Milk? Clovis Kids Petition to Get It on Menu

  What started out as a routine fourth-grade reading assignment became a lesson in civics and the power of petitions for a group of Clovis Unified youngsters who will reap a sweet reward on Friday — strawberry milk. The district reports that students in Rita Twet's class at Garfield Elementary...

New Cal Poly Could Be Heading Up North, Third in California

Students who want a Cal Poly education could soon get a third option: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Next week the California State University Board of Trustees is scheduled to consider a new name for the university now known as Humboldt State that’s nestled among the redwoods in far northern...

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