{"id":316245,"date":"2026-05-14T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316245\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:47:09","slug":"fresno-unified-trustee-jonasson-rosas-cites-student-focus-in-seda-abstention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316245\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Unified Trustee Jonasson Rosas Cites Student Focus in SEDA Abstention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno Unified Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas abstained Wednesday on a resolution tied to the Southeast Development Area, saying the school board should remain focused on student achievement rather than land-use policy.<\/p>\n<p>Jonasson Rosas said she supports smart growth and sustainable development but argued \u201cseparation of powers and jurisdictions exist for a reason,\u201d adding that Fresno Unified was elected to govern schools, not development projects. She said the district\u2019s priority should remain improving academics and making Fresno Unified a destination for families through stronger schools.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution passed 4-0 with three abstentions. Joining Jonasson Rosas in abstaining were trustees Susan Wittrup and Claudia Cazares.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno Unified Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas abstained Wednesday on a resolution tied to the Southeast Development Area, saying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-316245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316245","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=316245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}