Fresno Unified School District

The report comes more than a year after questions about possible Brown Act violations emerged during Fresno Unified’s search for a new superintendent.

Fresno Unified School District’s new superintendent, Misty Her, says her childhood experience as a refugee will help her identify with the challenges faced by today’s English learner students.

California is home to more than one million multilingual learners, according to state data. In the central San Joaquin Valley, where roughly one in five students is an English learner, federal dollars account for a notable portion of funding in school districts.

A look at the history of a geographic oddity in the Fresno and Clovis area.

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.

The Fresno Unified Board of Trustees on Friday approved Misty Her as interim superintendent. Her has served as the district’s deputy superintendent since 2021.

In a split decision, the Fresno Unified Board of Trustees voted to pause its search for a new superintendent and expand the search nationwide.

Despite the district’s efforts to improve pedestrian safety, Fresno Unified is recording double-digit numbers of incidents for the second consecutive school year — nearing 20 incidents this school year with about six months of school remaining.

Teachers at Fresno Unified were set to go on strike Wednesday, but the last-minute deal averted those plans.

Fresno Unified says the substitute teachers union violated its agreement that it would provide teaching services during the strike