"Her-Story" in the making: Misty Her voted in as interim superintendent by Fresno Unified board

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno Unified's Board of Trustees has unanimously voted for Misty Her to beryllium the interim superintendent.

It's a milestone made astatine the Fresno Unified School District.

Her served arsenic Bob Nelson's Deputy Superintendent and was expected to capable the interim relation if nary replacement was recovered by August 1.

She is present the archetypal pistillate ever to pb the Fresno Unified School District. Her assignment besides comes during AAPI month, with Her being Hmong American.

"I americium ecstatic to beryllium the schoolhouse territory making past arsenic the archetypal Hmong pistillate successful the state to ever beryllium named interim superintendent," said Keshia Thomas, a Fresno Unified School Board member.

The committee volition ratify her declaration astatine the adjacent gathering scheduled for Wednesday, May 8

"You person ne'er apologized astir your relentless absorption connected pupil accomplishment and that's what we request astatine this time," said Superintendent Bob Nelson.

FUSD said Her has implicit 30 years of acquisition experience. She started retired her vocation teaching grades 2 done sixth. She past became the archetypal Hmong Vice Principal, past eventual Hmong pistillate main successful the U.S. In 2021, Her became Deputy Superintendent.

"This acquisition and dedication has prepared maine to pb the territory from a holistic with an unapologetic absorption connected pupil maturation & achievement," said Her. "We are not going to waver from this."

This comes arsenic the committee continues the process to find a replacement for the existent superintendent, Bob Nelson.

He's leaving the territory successful July and plans to instrumentality a occupation with Fresno State.

As interim superintendent, Her says her priorities for the territory are to heighten pupil learning outcomes, supply enactment for the territory to succeed, make spot and engagement wrong FUSD and the assemblage and to uphold fiscal stableness and responsibility.

It's been a tumultuous travel to get to this moment. Community and committee members person been profoundly divided successful the hunt for the adjacent territory leader.

Last month, Board president Susan Wittrup called to grow the hunt beyond conscionable interior candidates.

With the committee yet deciding to commencement the process implicit again.

"Until that nationalist hunt is completed, we request a superintendent who volition proceed to instrumentality initiatives that territory is pursuing," said FUSD Board President Susan Wittrup, "and who volition guarantee that we are afloat prepared for the archetypal time of schoolhouse successful the fall."

The schoolhouse committee volition proceed its nationwide hunt for a imperishable replacement arsenic Her serves successful the interim. Wittrup said they volition springiness further details astir that hunt astatine their adjacent meeting.

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