Cresta GardeaFresno, CA, United States
Jan 26, 2024

FUSD are you there? It's the aquatics sports advocates. It's been almost two months since I started this petition. We have surpassed 500 signatures. A forth board meeting had advocates speak on behalf of this program. NOTHING has been corrected. NOTHING. Swim season is about to start and the athletes of FHS do not even have 1/4th of what was provided in the past. I do not understand why this hasn't been corrected. The facts are clear and are the THOUSANDS of pages of evidence supporting those facts.

Recap of today's FHS aquatics program:

  • Not enough athletes for full teams.
  • No team bonding.
  • No fundraising.
  • No extra's like tournaments and swim meets outside of the regular season.
  • The bare minimum practice sessions.
  • The girls coach is not nearly as qualified as the boys coach.
  • The boys have much more opportunity than the girls.

This situation is about:

  • Kids.
  • Systemic issues.
  • Illegal work arounds and blatant lies by the prior FHS administration, supported by district officials.
  • The prioritization of affluent adults over kids.
  • The cruelty inflicted to gut the holistic program Coach Lopez gave everything she could to build.

Next steps"

  • Please continue to share this petition asking for signatures.
  • The next FUSD board meeting is February 7th. A new round of advocates will be speaking. If you would like to advocate here is the information- https://board.fresnounified.org/agendas/ 
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