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  • 1 week ago | sacbee.com | Leqi Zhong |Nick Fenley

    This weekend’s California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High School in Clovis will be held under a cloud of controversy after President Donald Trump questioned the eligibility of a transgender female athlete. In a Truth Social post Tuesday morning, Trump blamed Gov.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Leqi Zhong

    For nearly four decades, Measure C has funded some of Clovis’ biggest transportation projects — such as road maintenance, bicycle lanes, and Clovis Roundup Transit. After a failed 2022 renewal, the county-wide half-cent sales tax will be back on the ballot next year for its last shot. Voters will decide whether to keep the transportation tax, which would otherwise expire in 2027. Currently, there are dual efforts to put measures on the ballot.

  • 3 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Leqi Zhong

    Fresno Unified School District plans to make $49 million in cuts for the 2025-26 school year, including 59 full-time positions, amid continued declines in enrollment and student daily attendance. After making $26 million in budget cuts last year, the state's third-largest school district has had to deal with another shrinking budget. One-time grants that poured in during the pandemic delayed the pain and grew the budget to $2.3 billion for the 2023-24 school year.

  • 3 weeks ago | fresnobee.com | Leqi Zhong

    Naila Sightler, right, a Fort Miller Middle School seventh grade transfer student, and her mother, Amanda Hober, pack up food during the School's Community School Food Pantry & Clothing Closet event at the Fresno school on Friday, March 8, 2024.

  • 3 weeks ago | mercedsunstar.com | Leqi Zhong

    Emma Chavez, a community school coordinator at Jackson Elementary School in Fresno, looks for a new jacket or sweatshirt to give to student Giovanni Ruiz Gonzalez through the community school program on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. [email protected] By next school year, some Merced schools will be transformed into resource centers that provide comprehensive services to families and their neighbourhoods as part of a sweeping effort to remove barriers to children's academic success.

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Leqi Zhong @zhongleqi
1 May 25

RT @melissamyrna_: Unlike neighboring districts, the region’s largest school district faces years of projected declining enrollment due, in…

Leqi Zhong
Leqi Zhong @zhongleqi
29 Apr 25

RT @FresnoBee: Misty Her is named Fresno Unified superintendent. ‘We must do things differently’ https://t.co/mFGl6RzPG5

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Leqi Zhong @zhongleqi
29 Apr 25

RT @FresnoBee: Many Fresno Unified students start at a disadvantage. Misty Her was one of them https://t.co/vzLNDcLeZI