{"id":170720,"date":"2026-02-09T19:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/170720\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:10:46","slug":"fresno-county-superintendents-calling-for-end-to-off-campus-walkouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/170720\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Superintendents calling for end to off-campus walkouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Fresno County Superintendents are urging students and families to end off-campus school walkouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Several schools have staged walkouts in recent weeks in protest of ICE raids and immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a joint letter, district superintendents, including those for Fresno, Central, Clovis and surrounding communities, cited safety concerns and impact on learning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In an effort to address student expression and safety, district leaders asked parents to take time to talk with students about the importance of being in class and to remind them of the safety risks posed by leaving campus during the school day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The letter reminds families that while state law allows one excused absence per year for civic action, this applies when families notify schools in advance and follow standard checkout procedures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The superintendents say student expression is supported on campus with spaces that allow students to safely and respectfully express opinions during break or lunch periods.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Fresno County Superintendents are urging students and families to end off-campus school walkouts. Several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[81854,81853,112,622,114,113,81852,76923,294],"class_list":{"0":"post-170720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-81854","9":"tag-campus-walkout","10":"tag-fresno","11":"tag-fresno-county","12":"tag-fresno-headlines","13":"tag-fresno-news","14":"tag-school-superintendents","15":"tag-student-protest","16":"tag-timely"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}