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Fresno Trustee Election Bumps Up Against Redistricting Deadline

The once-in-a-decade redistricting of government bodies such as Fresno Unified will be overlapping this spring with the special election to fill the Area 5 seat that was left vacant with the death of Trustee Carol Mills on July 21. But School Board candidates won't have to worry about redrawn lines...

Clovis West Grads Claim 4 of 12 Seats in UCSF Fresno Medical School

Clovis West High School might well claim bragging rights over the newest class of medical students at UCSF School of Medicine's San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (SJV Prime). Four of the 12 brand-new medical students are Screaming Eagles, UCSF Fresno reports. SJV PRIME is a medical school track...

Do New Ethnic Studies Have California Students Praying to Aztec Gods?

The Californians for Equal Rights Foundation and three San Diego parents filed suit Friday, claiming the state's new ethnic studies curriculum includes Aztec and Ashe "affirmations" that are actually prayers and are in violation of the California Constitution. The suit names the California Department of Education, state Board of Education,...

Hail, the Conquering Hero: Olympian Jenna Prandini Comes Home to Clovis

Clovis native and Olympic silver medalist Jenna Prandini will be celebrated Friday evening at Clovis High's football game against Bakersfield. Prandini, a Clovis High alum, will ride into Lamonica Stadium aboard a fire truck, greet fans, and participate in the pre-game coin toss. Prandini and her teammates medaled for the...

Where Were Warrior Mascot Activists During Debate Over Filling Fresno Trustee Seat?

The dozens of people who faithfully showed up at Fresno Unified School Board meetings in recent months to lobby trustees to keep the Fresno High Warrior mascot image may not be as keen to have a say in who will represent the Fresno High area. Only three community members stepped...

Board Will Discuss Filling Fresno High Area Trustee Seat Tuesday

The Fresno Unified School Board has scheduled a special meeting for 5 p.m. Tuesday to figure out how to fill the Fresno High Area 5 seat formerly held by Carol Mills, who died July 21 after battling ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The board has two choices: Make...

Big Check Boosts Internship Program + Where Fresno Ranks in New Education Survey

Career Nexus, a regional program designed to help young adults get paid for job training and move into the workforce, got a big shot in the arm on Tuesday morning. Business, education, and civic officials gathered in east-central Fresno to hear that Bank of America has written a $300,000 check...

Fresno County Spelling Champ Exits in Early Rounds of National Spelling Bee

Fresno County's spelling champ Achuth Vinay will have to wait another year to try to bring home a national trophy like his sister's. Achuth was knocked out of Saturday's preliminary rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which were held virtually. The word "aggroup" got the better of Achuth, a...

Fresno Superintendent Takes His Militant Positivity to New Level in Thanking ‘Haters’

Fresno Unified Superintendent Bob Nelson is known as a friendly and cheerful guy who, if he wasn't heading the state's third-largest school district, could make a good living as a used-car salesman. (Or so he has reportedly said.) One of his favorite catchphrases, usually accompanied by a hashtag, is Militant...

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