FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — The Fresno Unified School District released a statement to clarify information about the settlement case.
The district wrote that it wants to clarify that Board members did not give “unofficial permissions” to staff to negotiate a settlement with Ms. Henry.
Here is what they wrote: “David Chavez, Chief of Human Resources, was given unanimous Board authority to reach a settlement with Ms. Henry. “Unofficial permission” is not a term or process referenced in the Brown Act, and it does not appear in any District Board policy. Indeed, when, as here, a governing board makes a collective decision, it is “official.”…