FUSD Superintendent Bob Nelson leaving to become professor at Fresno State, district confirms

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno Unified superintendent Bob Nelson is readying to permission the territory and go a prof astatine Fresno State, the territory confirmed.

Nelson has accepted a tenure-track module presumption successful the Educational Leadership Division astatine the Kremen School of Education.

He had been superintendent of the third-largest schoolhouse territory successful California since 2017.

Nelson volition stay successful his relation until the extremity of the schoolhouse twelvemonth and his past time volition beryllium July 31.

'"Serving arsenic the Superintendent successful the District wherever I initially taught simple schoolhouse and archetypal served arsenic a person has been the pinnacle of my vocation frankincense far," helium said successful a statement. "I person appreciated truthful precise overmuch getting to cognize our Fresno Unified household and having the regular accidental to service our astonishing metropolis and its children. I americium thankful to person the accidental to onshore successful a aboriginal presumption wherever I tin proceed serving Valley educators arsenic well."

District officials accidental Deputy Superintendent Misty Her is expected to beryllium Interim Superintendent if a imperishable 1 is not selected earlier Nelson leaves.