Need to register your child in a Fresno Unified school for the 2019-20 school year? There's still time, and the district is making it a little easier for working parents. Fresno Unified schools will be open for evening registration from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 6. Parents also can...
How to Donate School Items for Kids in Marjaree Mason Shelter
Marjaree Mason Center is putting out a call for donations of back-to-school supplies for the children who live in the women's shelter's safe houses. Donations can be brought to the center's main office, 1600 Main St. in downtown Fresno, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. There's also...
Valley School Disguises Janitor as Gunman for Active-Shooter Drill
The superintendent of a one-school district in Fresno County defended using a janitor disguised as a gunman in an active-shooter drill, saying he wanted to "make sure this was realistic." A teacher at Raisin City Elementary School told TV station KSEE that the drill, which happened before the summer break,...
Can Fresno Unified Trustees Get Along? They Meet to Find Out.
Officially, the purpose of Wednesday’s (May 22) special Fresno Unified school board meeting was a “governance check-in.” In reality, it was nearly two and a half hours of trustees airing grievances over things like confidentiality, board behavior and agenda-setting. And while no trustee would say as such, the meeting also...
Walters: Can We Protect Kids From Becoming Zombies?
We’ve all seen children, often very young children, hunched over from heavy book backpacks, shuffling along sidewalks just an hour or two after sunrise on their way to school. They look like zombies, and that’s because California’s public schools often begin their classes so early in the morning that many...
Some Polls Show Parents' Growing Fears of Dangers at School
The deadly attack at Columbine High School in 1999 seemed to usher in a new era of school shootings. Two decades later, polls consistently capture growing fears among American parents that their children face imminent danger whenever they go to school. Those fears have only intensified since attacks at an...
Can California Afford Newsom's Vision for Schools? Here's Your K-12 Primer.
Early childhood education. A top-tier national ranking for K-12 per-pupil spending. A data system that would track kids from nursery school through state universities. California’s Legislature won’t reconvene until 2019, but the Christmas wish list for public schools is already long and pricey. On the first day of session, Democratic lawmakers...
Central Unified Fires Superintendent Sutton
Amid an angry group of parents, the Central Unified school board voted 4-3 to dismiss Superintendent Mark Sutton at its meeting Tuesday (Feb. 27) night. It is a case of déjà vu for Sutton. Prior to taking over as Central's superintendent in August 2015, he was dismissed by the Selma...
FUSD in Fact Finding as Sacramento Averts Teacher Strike
Fresno Unified and its teachers concluded a second day of fact-finding hearings Tuesday in an effort to resolve their current impasse in contract negotiations. Although the hearings have ended, the two sides are meeting again today to continue discussions. The latest chapter in Fresno comes as the Sacramento City school district reached a settlement...
FUSD in Fact Finding as Sacramento Averts Teacher Strike
Fresno Unified and its teachers concluded a second day of fact-finding hearings Tuesday in an effort to resolve their current impasse in contract negotiations. Although the hearings have ended, the two sides are meeting again today to continue discussions. The latest chapter in Fresno comes as the Sacramento City school district reached a settlement...