Students at Bullard High School are being driven off-campus during the school day to pick up birth control pills in vehicles that aren't owned by Fresno Unified School District and by people who don't work for the district, trustee Terry Slatic says. He's concerned about the district's potential liability in...
Fresno Unified Board Considers New Censure, Complaint Rules
The Fresno Unified School District board tabled a vote on a new bylaw detailing procedures for trustee censure at Wednesday's board meeting, just two weeks after the board took the rare step of censuring a fellow trustee. Board members said they wanted more time to review and provide comments on...
Slatic Recall Group Takes First Step to Remove School Trustee
The group seeking to recall Terry Slatic as a Fresno Unified trustee is official. "Recall Slatic - FUSD Trustee District 7" filed its paperwork with the county clerk to raise funds. The recall group continues to meet to map out its plan. The first step is to file a Notice...
Straight Talk From Bob Nelson on the State of Fresno Unified
Bob Nelson begins his third year as superintendent of Fresno Unified radiating his trademark optimism but with eyes wide open and hands gripping a full plate of big challenges. "This is the single greatest thing that's ever happened to me," the superintendent says about leading California's third-largest school district. "And...
Fresno Unified Board Censures Trustee Slatic, Says He Needs Anger Management Course
The Fresno Unified School Board voted 6-0 to censure trustee Terry Slatic, a rare public condemnation of a fellow elected official, and to strip him of leadership functions until he successfully completes an anger management course. The vote was met by thunderous applause from the packed audience, many carrying signs urging...
Proposed Censure Includes Anger Management for Trustee Slatic
A proposed censure of Fresno Unified School District trustee Terry Slatic would remove him from committee leaderships and bar him from representing the district at public events until he completes a district-approved anger management program. The resolution also puts Slatic on notice that if he fails to comply with board...
What Might Censure Mean for Fresno Trustee Slatic?
The Fresno Unified School Board will consider taking the rare step of publicly reprimanding one of their own at next Wednesday's board meeting. But there seems to be disagreement among the trustees as to exactly what impact a censure might have on trustee Terry Slatic. Slatic, who represents the Bullard...
What Recall Slatic Group Faces to Remove Trustee from Office
Despite much talk, as of this week no group has started the process to recall Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic. By design, the process isn’t easy. Slatic has been at the center of several high-profile incidents since he took office in December. His colleagues on the school board will vote...
Bullard Coach Says Trustee Terry Slatic 'Went Too Far'
Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic threatened to block a Bullard High School assistant wrestling coach from future jobs with the district during a confrontation sparked when Slatic demanded that coaches cancel a wrestling practice, according to an investigative report released Thursday. Slatic, the subject of numerous complaints that he has...
District Probe Faults Slatic in Clash With Army Recruiter
A tense confrontation between an on-campus Army recruiter and Fresno Unified board member Terry Slatic, a retired Marine officer, was conduct unbecoming a trustee. However, Slatic's actions didn't rise to the level of racial discrimination, concludes an investigative report commissioned by the school district. An independent investigator hired by Fresno...