{"id":201919,"date":"2026-03-03T08:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201919\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:03:07","slug":"fresno-school-reacts-to-registered-sex-offender-rene-campos-hosting-press-conference-near-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201919\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno school reacts to registered sex-offender Rene Campos hosting press conference near campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Big Picture Educational Academy leaders issued a statement condemning registered sex offender Rene Campos for holding a press conference across the street from their campus.<\/p>\n

Campos, a registered sex offender looking to run for Fresno City Council District 7<\/a>, held a news conference at Saint John’s Catholic Church in downtown Fresno on Friday afternoon to address concerns expressed by some Fresno city council members.<\/p>\n

RELATED: ‘You are not your past’: Registered sex offender seeks to join race for Fresno City Council<\/a><\/p>\n

Big Picture Academy is across the street from that church. Officials said they are appalled by Campos doing so.<\/p>\n

“Our school was fully operational, with students visibly entering and exiting the building,” the statement reads. “To hold a campaign event under these circumstances was deeply troubling.”<\/p>\n

RELATED: Fresno City Leaders threaten ordinance to bar registered sex offenders from city buildings<\/a><\/p>\n

The school leaders also said that their students’ safety is their number one priority and that they are actively exploring any legal measures to protect their communities.<\/p>\n

“To use an elementary school full of children as a backdrop for a campaign event — knowing full well that his presence may be unlawful — is highly inappropriate and offensive,” the leaders said in the statement.<\/p>\n

Fresno city leaders are also moving forward with plans for an ordinance<\/a> that would bar council candidates who are registered sex offenders from entering various city facilities.<\/p>\n

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