Fresno Unified Employee With Cancer Alleges District Brass Conspired in Failed Try to Force Resignation

  • Three days before going on extended medical leave, a Fresno Unified administrator gave a security manager two letters of discipline.
  • In a lawsuit, Charlene Cardoza says she was retaliated against for complaints she made against her boss, Amy Idsvoog.
  • Idsvoog had little safety experience, according to three lawsuits against the district naming her.

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On an April Friday before Fresno Unified’s safety and security manager was to go on extended medical leave to address returning cancer, Charlene Cardoza’s supervisor called her into his office for discipline.

Cardoza needed to have a cancerous hip removed and undergo extensive rounds of chemotherapy, a regimen she would likely be on for the rest of her life, according to a lawsuit filed against the district last week…

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