FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Fresno Unified School District has paused the Hoover High School junior varsity football program effective immediately while it reviews a practice-related injury involving a student-athlete.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, a Hoover High School JV football player was injured during practice and was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where the student received medical care. <\/p>\n
District and school staff remain in close contact with the student\u2019s family and are coordinating academic support to help the student stay on track with studies during recovery.<\/p>\n
As part of district protocol, when a serious injury occurs during a school activity, Fresno Unified placed the faculty involved on administrative leave while it conducts its review. <\/p>\n
Four coaches and a trainer have been placed on leave until the review concludes. <\/p>\n
The district said administrative leave is a routine, precautionary step and \u201cnot a finding of wrongdoing or a reflection on the individuals involved.\u201d <\/p>\n
The district said it will not share additional information about the personnel or the leave because it is a personnel matter.<\/p>\n
District and school leaders are reviewing the circumstances surrounding the injury and athletic safety protocols more broadly, including coaching supervision, emergency response procedures and adherence to established safety guidelines. <\/p>\n
The JV football program will remain paused during the review, but the district said the pause does not affect varsity football activities.<\/p>\n
The district said it will not release further details about the nature or extent of the injury out of respect for the student and family\u2019s privacy. <\/p>\n
Fresno Unified said it will provide updates as appropriate once the review is complete or if significant developments arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Fresno Unified School District has paused the Hoover High School junior varsity football program…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-468477","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\/468477","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=468477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}