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With school back in session, Fresno Unified's interim leader says focus remains on students

Misty Her has served as deputy supervisor since 2021, and is the first Hmong woman to lead the school district.
Esther Quintanilla
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Misty Her has served as deputy supervisor since 2021, and is the first Hmong woman to lead the school district.

FRESNO, Calif. — Monday marked the first day of school for many students in Fresno and Clovis after thousands of others across the San Joaquin Valley returned to class last week.

Misty Her is the interim superintendent of the Fresno Unified School District — the state's third-largest district — and recently marked her 100th day in office. Meanwhile, the district still plans to search for a permanent leader.

As the new school year kicks off, Her joined KVPR’s Elizabeth Arakelian to discuss how her interim tenure has been going so far and what sort of challenges the district faces.

Listen to the interview in the player on this page.

A Valley native, Elizabeth earned her bachelor's degree in English Language Literatures from the University of California, Santa Cruz and her master's degree in journalism from New York University. She has covered a range of beats. Her agriculture reporting for the Turlock Journal earned her a first place award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
Jonathan Linden is a podcast producer at KVPR. Born and raised in Riverside, he's a Southern California native. Jonathan's passion for public radio began at a young age when his brother would play NPR while driving him home from middle school. He earned his B.A. in journalism from Biola University in 2019.