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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - New beginnings for immoderate Fresno Unified students this week. After years of construction, the territory tin yet location each of its alternate acquisition programs successful 1 spot.
On Friday, the territory officially opened the caller Farber Educational Campus, replacing the aged Juvenile Hall that erstwhile stood successful the aforesaid spot.
"This modern, light-filled gathering stands connected the precise spot of the county's old, alleged 'Hall of Shame' an outdated juvenile correction facility," Fresno Unified Interim Superintendent Misty Her said.
She says for her, the schoolhouse is personal. At Friday's ribbon-cutting, she spoke astir however her member spent overmuch of his precocious schoolhouse years successful that building.
"And I inactive retrieve coming present with my ma and dada to sojourn him earlier helium was sent distant to the California Youth Authority. And aft helium passed away, it was truthful achy for maine to thrust down this street, fto unsocial look astatine the remnants of the aged juvenile hall," she said.
But now, with its galore windows, modern hallways, a pupil union, implicit 30 classrooms, a fittingness center, and a library, Her says the caller installation represents anticipation and healing.
"This is present a spot wherever students' dreams tin flourish and not whither," Her said.
The schoolhouse serves alternate students of each people levels. Her says students are capable to excel present successful this caller environment. She says they adjacent person CTE acquisition too, focusing connected everything from cybersecurity to warehouse management, offering galore different certifications.
Paul Calvo was 1 of the assemblage members invited to talk astatine the ribbon cutting. He says these kinds of programs bash marque a difference, and he's proof.
He says helium went to Cambridge Continuation High School due to the fact that astatine the time, helium was progressive successful gangs. He says Cambridge cared for him erstwhile different schools didn't. While helium did yet walk clip successful prison, erstwhile helium got out, helium already had an acquisition and went connected to enroll successful Fresno City College earlier going to Stanford.
"To, you know, travel backmost to Fresno and spot this alternatively of the aged juvenile hall. I emotion it. I emotion it. And I and I cognize the assemblage loves it. And it conscionable goes to amusement that we are superior astir our youth," Calvo said.
The field is located astatine 720 S 10th St successful Fresno.
