FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Unified School Board decided on a name for the district's newest school.
On Wednesday night, Juan Felipe Herrera Elementary School was introduced.
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The Fresno resident served as the nation's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017 and was a professor Fresno State.
The school will be located in Southeast Fresno on Church near Willow Avenue.
District officials spent about a month narrowing down a long list of about 100 recommendations from the public before deciding on the name.
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