Fresno Unified's youngest students will set foot on campus on Tuesday for the first time in more than a year as the district returns to in-person instruction halted by the pandemic. For transitional kindergartners and some kindergartners, Tuesday will be their very first time in a classroom. In the weeks...
First Day in School for More Fresno Kids Will Be April 6. So Long as County Is in Red Tier.
Fresno Unified School District officials announced Tuesday that the district will resume in-person instruction for many elementary students on April 6, immediately following spring break, but Fresno County will need to be in the red tier on the state's coronavirus reopening dashboard for the plan to move forward. The return...
Pressure Mounts on Fresno Unified to Reopen Schools, Follow Lead of Other Districts
Pressure is mounting on the Fresno Unified School District to widely reopen its campuses for in-person instruction. But the district continues to hold fast to its decision to wait until Fresno County reaches the "orange" tier in the state's reopening blueprint before bringing all Fresno students back. The county is...
Local Teachers, School Staff Will Get Vaccine Priority Starting March 1
About 2,000 Fresno County school staffers and child care workers will be pushed to the front of the COVID-19 vaccination line starting March 1, county public health officials said Friday afternoon. Fresno County's weekly allotment is expanding to 21,000 doses starting next week. Per the directive announced Friday by Gov....
Bredefeld Says Fresno Council Should Sue FUSD to Open Schools. SF Council Already Did That.
Fresno City Council Member Garry Bredefeld says he wants to follow in the footsteps of the San Francisco City Council, which recently filed suit to force San Francisco Unified to open its schools. Bredefeld announced Wednesday that he will introduce an agenda item next week for a similar lawsuit against...
San Francisco Sues Its Own School District to Reopen Classes
SAN FRANCISCO — The city of San Francisco took a dramatic step Wednesday in its effort to get children back into public school classrooms, suing its own school district to try to force open the doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit was the first of its kind in California...
Local Schools Inch Closer to Resuming Face to Face Instruction
When Fresno County on Tuesday moved into the red-tinged Tier 2 of the state's reopening plan because of lowered coronavirus infection rates, schools got a lot closer to being able to reopen for in-person classes. And once they do, students who play a keyboard instrument, the drums, or a trumpet...
Parents Plans ‘Zoom Out’ Strike Over School Closures. Will Local Families Join?
Reopen California Schools, a statewide Facebook group that organized rallies earlier this month to protest the continued closures of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, says parents need to go on strike next week — and keep their kids from logging online for their classes. The group, created in June...
Clovis Rally Will Make This Demand: ‘Reopen California Schools’
Parents who want schools to open for face-to-face instruction will rally Tuesday afternoon in Clovis and other sites across California in events organized by the Reopen California Schools Facebook group. The local rally will be on Clovis Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday....
Fresno Unified Parents Plan Rally to Protest Closed Schools: ‘We Should Have A Choice’
Fresno Unified parents are planning to rally Thursday afternoon to protest what they say is the district's failure to fight for their right to choose whether their kids are in class or on distance learning. Bullard area parent Catherine Peters, who is helping to organize the event, said Tuesday that...