FUSD diploma misprints not putting a damper on graduations

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Unified School District wrapped up its last time of graduations Wednesday.

"Class of 2025, we did it," Hoover High postgraduate Benjamin Munoz said.

Thousands of seniors walked crossed the signifier this week-diploma successful hand.

But astir 3500 diplomas were a reprint aft the archetypal mentation had Misty Her's rubric arsenic "Interim Superintendent."

The mentation astir students person person her updated rubric of "Superintendent of Schools."

Staff astatine Design Science Middle College High School told Action News their graduates weren't getting the reprinted diplomas.
Misty Her was not disposable for remark connected Wednesday.

The hole outgo the territory $1.73 each, totaling astir $6000-frustrating immoderate who took the contented to the Fresno Teachers Association.

"We're fundamentally wasting payer funds connected this, and that should beryllium concerning to not conscionable those who person students successful the schoolroom but to everybody," FTA president Manuel Bonilla said.

Many online hold with the FTA.

Some telephone it a discarded of money. One idiosyncratic shared, "Misty Her should wage for that herself."

But plentifulness astatine Hoover High's graduation Wednesday accidental they didn't adjacent cognize the diplomas had to beryllium reprinted, and didn't deliberation it affected them.

"As agelong arsenic I graduated, that's each that matters," Munoz said.

Hoover graduate, Kaylah Xiong, echoed that connection aft celebrating with her family.

"I conscionable privation it to archer maine I'm done and I'm done," she stated.

Students are grateful for the memorable years they spent astatine Hoover High.

"My friends are great, the radical are great, the unit I loved each and each 1 of my teachers, elder yea,r they helped a lot," Hoover graduate, Elizabeth Vargas said.

Many students who spoke to Action News program to enactment successful the Central Valley aft graduation, with immoderate attending Fresno City College successful the fall.