FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A former Fresno Unified employee who quit “voluntarily and irrevocably” will still receive a $162,000 payout, a move that is generating controversy for the school district.
Former Chief Communications Officer for the Fresno Unified School District, Nikki Henry, officially left that position on June 26. The move came after she admitted to using artificial intelligence, or AI, to create a document with fabricated quotes that allegedly negatively portrayed the Fresno Teachers Association.
But one member of the school board says she will not remain silent on the issue.
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“These are the kinds of antics that keep our children failing because they distract and interfere with the real work of the school district,” said Fresno Unified Trustee Susan Wittrup, who represents the Bullard High School region…