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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Unified heads backmost to schoolhouse adjacent week.
On Wednesday, the territory laid retired everything parents request to cognize for the archetypal day.
This schoolhouse year, the CTE gathering astatine Edison High, the CTE abstraction astatine Sunnyside High, and the new Esports and Technology Arena at Tehipite Middle are officially open.
"It is amazing. I'm getting tons of large pictures astir it wherever students are going to beryllium gathering skills, exertion skills. We're going to person tons of tournaments there," said Fresno Unified Superintendent Misty Her.
Over the summer, Del Mar Elementary's classrooms were modernized, and Roosevelt High received accessibility upgrades.
Fresno Unified Board Clerk Veve Islas reminds families that everyone is welcome.
"We are successful a politically heated governmental climate. I don't privation that to beryllium a crushed for our children's aboriginal to beryllium robbed."
While a batch of Wednesday's messages were geared towards parents, she had 1 for the teachers.
"Please marque definite that your children person an accidental to talk to you astir thing that whitethorn beryllium going connected successful their lives, immoderate anxieties they whitethorn have. Please cognize that we person resources for you to notation them to. One of the champion investments we made is successful our social-emotional supports," Islas said.
Two caller tools launching this twelvemonth are the 'Fresno Jo' chatbot and the Zum autobus tracker. Students and parents tin find 'Fresno Jo' connected the district's website, disposable 24/7, and inquire Jo immoderate questions, including things regarding schedules, enrollment, oregon adjacent transportation.
"I'm going to enactment a disclaimer retired there. It's not cleanable yet due to the fact that the much radical usage Fresno Joe, the smarter it gets," Her explained.
The app Zum allows parents to way their child's schoolhouse bus and person updates connected their pickup and drop-off status.
"It's an concern that we person poured into our Transportation Department," Her said.
Fresno Police Chief Mindy Casto also shared a fewer information reminders: drivers request to enactment alert, travel schoolhouse portion velocity limits, and let other clip for postulation congestion. For parents dropping kids off, "do not halt connected the roadway to let passengers to exit the vehicle. We've seen a fig of collisions that hap this way. It endangers your children significantly," Chief Casto said.
The archetypal time of schoolhouse starts Monday, Aug. 18.
