Fresno leaders are mourning the death Wednesday of Janet Martino Ryan, a champion of children and an advocate for good government. Ryan, 80, served 12 years as a Fresno Unified School District trustee representing the Hoover High School region. The district named Hoover's academic building in her honor in 2016...
State Center: Payne Rented Cars Early, Was Tardy to Conferences in Tahoe, SF
State Center Community College District trustees next week will consider whether to further investigate allegations of misconduct against trustee Eric Payne, who has been fined by the state Fair Political Practice Commission for candidate filing violations and who now is accused of misusing district travel expenses and failing to show...
What Fresno Unified's Top Officials Learned This Summer at Harvard
When six Fresno Unified trustees and the superintendent traveled to Boston this summer, it wasn't so they could take in a ballgame at Fenway Park, go on a sightseeing tour of the Boston Common or Old North Church, or tuck into a Cape Cod picnic. Their destination was Harvard University,...
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...
Michigan State Says Engler Resignation Effective Immediately
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University's Board of Trustees said Thursday that interim president John Engler's resignation is effective immediately. The board acted a day after Engler said he'd step down next week amid fallout from remarks he made about some victims of former sports doctor and convicted sexual abuser Larry...
With Hanson Ousted, It’s One and Done for Ashjian
The fact that Bob Nelson is the Fresno Unified School District superintendent might be the biggest reason that Brooke Ashjian isn't running for a second term as the Bullard High School area trustee. Ashjian supported Nelson’s ascension from assistant to full-time education chief. More than that, Ashjian made ousting Nelson’s...