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Clovis Unified leaders meet with Fresno council to discuss shared services, safety and coordination
Summary
Clovis Unified board and superintendent briefed the Fresno City Council on the district—s footprint inside Fresno, student demographics and asked for a standing or periodic subcommittee to coordinate schools, safety and infrastructure matters affecting students who live in Fresno.
Clovis Unified Governing Board President Yolanda Moore and Superintendent Dr. Corinne Fulmer presented a workshop to the Fresno City Council on Feb. 27 outlining the district—s geographic footprint that overlaps Fresno and requesting closer coordination between the school district and city officials.
Dr. Fulmer told council members that about 20% of the city—s area falls inside Clovis Unified boundaries and that roughly 18,500 students have Fresno addresses, about 43% of the district—s 43,000 students. "We are now the twelfth largest school district in California," Fulmer said during her presentation. She also noted district demographics and that 48.3% of students qualify under local-control funding formula categories (low-income, English learners, foster youth or homeless) and that the district maintains a 94.8% graduation rate.
Clovis Unified described two schools scheduled to open in August 2025 (Clovis South High School and Philip V. Sanchez Intermediate) and thanked city staff for prior interagency work on utilities, code enforcement and safety. Board President Moore and the superintendent asked the council to consider forming or continuing a joint subcommittee for elected officials so the two bodies can coordinate on issues such as street closures, transportation routing and public-safety responses.
Trustee and former Fresno council member Clint Olivier praised the joint response to persistent public-safety problems near Pinedale-area schools and said coordinated actions "went to work on that immediately" and that the stakeholders "saw it as a clear and present danger to the safety of the kids, who are on their way to and from school." Olivier credited city code enforcement, police and neighborhood volunteers for improvements and urged sustained collaboration.
Council members and district officials discussed other shared opportunities including use of district athletic and aquatics facilities, coordinated volunteer and youth-employment programs, and extending mental-health and resiliency services across district boundaries. No formal action or vote was taken; the workshop concluded with mutual agreement to continue dialogue and to consider appointing representatives to a joint committee.
