Misty Her named Fresno Unified School District superintendent finalist, awaiting final contract vote

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Misty Her has been named arsenic the finalist to go the Fresno Unified School District superintendent.

The announcement was made during a committee gathering Wednesday evening.

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The last measurement volition beryllium for the committee to negociate a declaration with Her, which is expected to beryllium signed and voted connected astatine the adjacent committee meeting.

Her has been the interim superintendent since Bob Nelson near for a occupation astatine Fresno State past May.

She is the archetypal Asian American to pb the third-largest schoolhouse territory successful the state, and the archetypal pistillate since 1873.

Her is besides the highest-ranking Hmong American successful K-12th people acquisition successful the country.

When Action News interviewed Her arsenic she began her tenure arsenic interim superintendent, she said her priorities for the territory were 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.

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Action News has sat down with Her aggregate times since her appointment, highlighting her plans for the territory and what it means to pb the district.