- Fresno Unified School Board appoints Trustee Keshia Thomas to the City Council’s School Liaison Subcommittee.
- Trustees Veva Islas and Susan Wittrup give dissenting votes, citing concerns about potential conflicts of interest because of Thomas’s city council candidacy.
- The School Board is looking to create a joint powers committee and bring in Fresno County to help with safe routes to school.
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The Fresno Unified Board of Trustees appointed an additional member to the Fresno City Council School Liaison Subcommittee last week, causing two board members to raise concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest.
“We have trustees on the committee that are not also running for city council,. I think that with the campaigns going on, sometimes politics becomes the focus rather than our students. And we have a lot of work to do with the city.” — Trustee Susan Wittrup
The city is reviving the rarely convened subcommittee, intending to meet more frequently. Fresno Unified, the largest local school district, decided to take the opportunity to fill their third seat…