By David Taub and Nancy Price GV Wire Former Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic is under investigation for running up a tab paid by Superintendent Bob Nelson. But, it wasn't Slatic's attempt to disguise hundreds of dollars of wine and liquor as tomahawk steaks that has him under the microscope...
Slatic Leaves Dais to Criticize School Board Over Lack of Cops at Fresno Middle Schools
Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic employed a new strategy Wednesday evening to voice his criticisms over middle school safety after Fresno Unified ended its contract to have police officers on campuses. Slatic left the dais at the board meeting to speak at the podium, where members of the public...
DA: We Can’t Prove FUSD Violated Law on Student Crime Notices
The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office has ended its investigation into allegations raised by Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic that school officials repeatedly failed to notify teachers about students' history of violence. Assistant DA Jerry Stanley said this week that the office concluded that the alleged violations of state...
Trustee Terry Slatic Censured for Second Time by Fresno School Board
The Fresno Unified School Board voted 5-1 to censure Trustee Terry Slatic over his monologue that shut down a recent School Board meeting and his use of district letterhead to send a news release, both violations of board bylaws. Unlike the first censure vote in August 2019, this time Slatic...
Fresno School Board Prepares to Censure Slatic Again
The ink was barely dry on the letter from Fresno Unified Board President Valerie Davis, notifying fellow Trustee Terry Slatic that his two years of censure had ended, when Slatic launched into a meeting-ending monologue at the Aug. 25 board meeting. Slatic now faces a new censure resolution detailing past...
Rush to Judgment? Fresno Trustees Want to Censure Outspoken Member ASAP
Fresno Unified trustees will discuss reimposing a censure of Bullard High Area Trustee Terry Slatic at Wednesday's board meeting. It's unclear exactly why, however, since the Sept. 3 email from Trustee Veva Islas says only that she and Trustees Keshia Thomas and Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas "request an immediate censure of...
Trustee Calls on DA to Investigate Fresno Schools Chief, Board Members
Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic is accusing Superintendent Bob Nelson and fellow School Board members of multiple violations of the state Education Code that he says requires districts to notify school staff when a student with a history of violence is transferred to a new school. In a news release...
Trustee’s Filibuster Shuts Down Fresno School Board Meeting
The Fresno Unified School Board meeting came to an abrupt halt Wednesday evening when Trustee Terry Slatic refused to stop talking after being told that he was disrupting the meeting and no longer had the floor. It appeared to be the first time in the history of California's third-largest school...
Slatic Calls Fellow Trustees ‘Radical Fringe’ on ‘Fox & Friends First’ Over Cops on Campus
Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic called his fellow School Board trustees part of the "radical fringe" in the Fresno community that opposes having uniformed, armed officers on secondary school campuses during a national TV network interview. Slatic's comments came during an early Tuesday morning interview on "Fox & Friends First"...
Trustee Slatic Calls for ‘Redshirt’ Year for High Schoolers When In-Person Classes Resume
High school students who want an extra year in school after struggling with distance learning and the absence of friends and activities during the pandemic should be allowed to do so, Fresno Unified Trustee Terry Slatic said Tuesday. Slatic is proposing that students in grades 9 through 12 be allowed...