The Board of Education holds regular meetings every second and fourth Wednesday of the month.Click here for details
As supporting material for board agenda items are made available, they may be accessed through using this link.

The FUSD Board of Education adopted the school calendars for the 2009/10 and 2010/11 school years. To view the 2009/2010 school calendar click here, and to view the 2010/2011 school year calendar, click here.

The Fresno Unified School District is creating a long-range Facilities Master Plan. This plan will provide important information on what the school facilities and feeder pattern may look and feel like now and in the future. Parents, staff and community members are invited to attend the meetings to provide input and suggestions. The meetings will be specific to the proposed high school areas which can be viewed here. The proposed feeder pattern information can be viewed here.

• February 5, 2009 – 6:30 PM – Bullard High School Area
  To be held at Wawona Middle School Auditorium
• February 10, 2009 – 6:30 PM – Fresno High School Area
  To be held at Williams Elementary School Auditorium
• February 12, 2009 – 6:30 PM – Hoover High School Area
  To be held at Ahwahnee Middle School Auditorium
• February 17, 2009 – 6:30 PM – McLane High School Area
  To be held at Scandinavian Middle School Auditorium
• February 18, 2009 – 6:30 PM – New SE High School Area
  To be held at Terronez Middle School Auditorium
• February 19, 2009 – 6:30 PM – Sunnyside High School Area
  To be held at Kings Canyon Middle School Auditorium
• February 24, 2009 – 6:30 PM – Roosevelt High School Area
  To be held at Anthony Elementary School Auditorium
• February 26, 2009 – 6:30 PM – Edison High School Area
  To be held at Edison High School Auditorium

In the face of a growing state budget deficit and inaction from the State Legislature, Fresno Unified School District is taking significant steps to brace the district for the financial impact. The Governor’s proposed budget calls for mid-year reductions in 2008/09 and further reductions in 2009/10. Therefore, the district has instituted a suspension of hiring and purchasing effective immediately.

The Superintendent and Board of Education are committed to preserving the significant academic progress of FUSD students over the past three years, and will continue to employ any measure possible to minimize the impact on employees and the learning environment. The ability of FUSD to address these budget challenges is bolstered by its prudent budget actions, including – but not limited to – a $15 million budget reduction in 2008/09 without layoffs and preserving and advocating for a substantial budget reserve. The Superintendent and Board of Education are committed to taking responsible and strategic action to preserve and protect the district’s mission of preparing career-ready graduates.

To view the Superintendent Message click here

An overview of the Adopted Budget 2008-2009 for Fresno Unified School District is available for download at the following link: http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/pdfs/Budget adoption 08-09.pdf.

The Superintendent’s Commission on Workplace Readiness and Career Technical Education is being led by a group of community and business leaders to examine the current delivery of career technical education in FUSD. Based on their research, analysis, and study, the commission is scheduled to bring forward recommendations on system-wide reform initiatives that will help achieve the mission of preparing Career Ready Graduates and define a best set of opportunities for business and community engagement that focuses on exposing students to the world of work. As the work of the Commission progresses, small group meetings with student and staff are being scheduled to gather specific input and feedback.

For more information on the work of the Commission, including meeting presentations, list of commissioners, research, data, and discussion board, please click here: www.fresnounified.org/dept/planning/careerprep/

FUSD Superintendent Michael Hanson gave a final report November 18 on the Edison High School investigation of an alleged student grade change. Superintendent Hanson’s statement is available here: http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/pdfs/STATEMENT - Edison News Conference - Investigation 11-18-08.pdf. Superintendent Hanson shared a report submitted to him on proposed system improvements based on the investigation. The report is available here: http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/pdfs/Report to Superintendent - Systems Improvements 11-18-08.pdf.

The 2008 LEA Plan Addendum is now available at the following link: FUSD LEA Plan Addendum 2008

Fresno Unified School District Board of Education established a Constituent Services Office to respond to the needs of parents and community members. Miguel Arias, the Constituent Services administrator, helps parents and community members to receive their requested information and guides them on the most effective route to address or resolve an issue. Fresno serves more than 73,000 students at 106 schools, and the Constituent Services Office helps to connect parents and community members with the information and resources to get the help they need swiftly. The Constituent Services Office can be reached at 457-3727.

On August 5, school and district leaders met to discuss the 2008-09 school year at the annual Leadership Conference. Click here for the Superintendents Address http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/pdfs/Final 2008 Leadership Conference.pdf and PowerPoint presentation http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/pdfs/2008 Leadership Conference.pdf.

2008-2009 Parent & Student Notification and Information Handbook
Every Student enrolled in Fresno Unified should receive a copy of the Parent Notification and Information handbook from school. You can also download this document in Adobe Acrobat PDF format . The 2008-2009 Parent & Student Notification and Information Handbooks are also available electronically in Spanish and Hmong versions.

For the third year in a row, FUSD demonstrated districtwide growth in both English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics on the California Standards Tests (CSTs). In addition, this is the third year of districtwide growth for all subgroups in both ELA and math with the exception of a one year dip in 2007 for African American students (in math).

Since 1998, we have never seen this kind of magnitude of across the board student achievement gains in grades 2-7 in mathematics for Fresno Unified, nor have we as a system been so targeted in our efforts, said Michael E. Hanson, Superintendent Fresno Unified upon reviewing the results. This represents approximately 1,200 students who are now proficient who were not before. If we keep them on track engaged and on target to graduate - we will be providing these students with an opportunity for the future much different than it would have been just a year ago.

Please visit the California Department of Educations website to view state, district and school results at http://star.cde.ca.gov/.

Fresno Unifieds latest edition of Building Futures is now available. This edition features Fresno Unifieds cutting-edge technology, a parents guide to MRSA in California, a community partnership with Fresnos Rotary donating 6,000 dictionaries to 3rd graders and more. Fresno Unified would like to thank the many businesses that supported Building Futures making our January edition a success. If you are interested in advertising in Building Futures please review our media kit. For additional information contact the Communications Office at 457-3733.