Fresno Unified School District

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

The Fresno Unified teacher strike would begin Nov. 1.

The Fresno Teachers Association and the Fresno Unified School District have gone back and forth on contract negotiations since last November.

Fresno Unified and the district’s teacher’s union still don’t have a deal and remain at odds over how much progress has been made in the days leading up to the union’s strike vote this week.