The Vanguard wraps up its fourth and final interview with school board candidate, Tim Taylor.  Mr. Taylor is currently the board president, having first been elected back in 2005.  After five years on the board, Mr. Taylor told the Vanguard that he actually feels at this point in time like he knows what he is doing.  He said it takes a good year or two to figure out how the board and the district works.

"I do feel there is some logic to continuity, and continuing what I have learned instead of just moving aside," said Tim Taylor.

In the third interview with a school board candidate, the Vanguard sat down to talk to Gina Daleiden, the local Davis High Graduate who was first elected to the board back in 2005.  Given the challenges that lay ahead, Ms. Daleiden called this a critical time in our school district and said that she loves this school district and will work hard to keep the district on the right path despite the challenges.

"I'm running for re-election," she said, "because it's a critical time in our school district and this is the school district that I love and I don't mean that lightly.  When I say my heart is with this district and with these students I truly mean it from a very long time ago."

The Vanguard sat down with Sheila Allen, who is finishing up her first term on the Davis School Board and will be running for re-election this fall.  Sheila Allen's time on the board has been tumultuous, as she  has served now with four different Superintendents since 2005, and lived through school closings, pink slips, budget cuts and huge numbers of late night meetings.

So why is Sheila Allen, having been through all of that, running for re-election?  "I have learned so much over the last five years," she said. "I want to be able to apply that knowledge and be able to continue to help the students of Davis."