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Welcome to Community Zone, an e-newsletter from the Fresno Unified School District featuring news of the district and schools. Sign up to receive this newsletter every two weeks. Questions? Contact Communications@fresnounified.org.
Kit Fox Takes Shelter at Holland
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A fox took temporary shelter at Holland Elementary School recently, earning the name “Flaky” from students and inspiring student writing and drawings. It’s not the first time a San Joaquin kit fox has visited a Fresno Unified school. They are left alone as they are on the federal and state endangered species list.
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Running for a Cause at Birney Elementary
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Birney Elementary School held a jog-a-thon on October 26, with this year’s goal to raise money for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, in honor of a Birney staff member’s son who has the disease. November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month. The school raised $8,529.16 – a record for the event – with Blanca Origel’s third graders raising $975, the most for a single class. Some students wore costumes to promote healthy eating.
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Chalking the Walk at Lane
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Students at Lane Elementary School participated in Chalk the Walk for Lane's Kindness Campaign on October 22. Students wrote positive messages throughout the campus.
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Superintendent Board Remarks from October 27, 2021
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• Superintendent reflected on what a difficult month this has been across our system and across the nation. He noted that we are not unique in our challenges or our staffing shortages. He shared his gratitude and shared an example of taking action to better the conditions and supports for our teams.
• Superintendent shared that our Human Resources team has hired over 90 new teachers for our eLearn Academy since the school year began and is actively recruiting high-quality substitutes. This helps to protect our teachers’ time and ensures our students have high-quality learning environments every day. The teacher development team and Human Resources team have also put on two substitute teacher hiring events where fingerprint fees were waived, and interviews were conducted on the spot. Through those two events they recruited 260 additional substitutes currently going moving through the hiring process and will soon be deployed to classrooms.
• Superintendent invited all to join us for a virtual town hall on Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. The town hall is open to everyone and is focused on answering questions from our students and parents. Questions can be submitted online at https://tinyurl.com/FUSDQuestion. The virtual town hall can be joined live at https://tinyurl.com/FUSDTownHall21. Closed captions will be available in English, Spanish and Hmong and the session will also be recorded and shared on our social media channels.
• Superintendent reminded staff that open enrollment is happening now and to submit any changes to your benefits plan by Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
• Superintendent announced to staff that nominations are open for our Excellence in Education awards. He encouraged staff to take time to nominate your colleagues as being recognized by your peers is one of the highest honors. Nominations can be submitted through this link.
View Full Board Meeting Recap
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McLane High School counselor Yia Le has been awarded the