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Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD

By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the school board at th ...

By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the school board at that time. The writer is the mother of a student in DJUSD and lives in Davis. Good Evening Staff ...

April 10, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: School Board’s Truncating Public Comment Looks Even Worse Now

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2021
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Commentary: School Board’s Truncating Public Comment Looks Even Worse Now

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - On Tuesday night the Davis City Council listened to about 35 public com ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - On Tuesday night the Davis City Council listened to about 35 public comments. That ran somewhat over an hour overall. They were able to hear everyone out on the issue ...

April 08, 2021
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Commentary: A Growing Disconnect Again on COVID As Regulations Lift Perhaps Too Fast

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2021
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Commentary: A Growing Disconnect Again on COVID As Regulations Lift Perhaps Too Fast

By David M. Greenwald It was interesting juxtaposing the language that emerged Sunday night at the school ...

By David M. Greenwald It was interesting juxtaposing the language that emerged Sunday night at the school board meeting. Local officials were talking about how they were hopeful that we would locally ...

March 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sudden Change, Truncated Public Process for DJUSD – School Board Cuts Off Public Comment After 20 Minutes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sudden Change, Truncated Public Process for DJUSD – School Board Cuts Off Public Comment After 20 Minutes

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Two weeks prior to students at DJUSD going back to a two-day per week i ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Two weeks prior to students at DJUSD going back to a two-day per week in-class schedule as part of a hybrid model, the school board decided to hold a special meeting ...

March 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 14, 2021
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Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels

Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, an ...

Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, anti-racist scholars who support Ethnic Studies at the State and local levels. While Ethnic Studi ...

March 14, 2021
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My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2021
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My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?

By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school board me ...

By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school board members—basically everyone but Betsy Hyder, who evidently shares their view on school re-opening. ...

March 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum (Video)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 12, 2021
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Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum (Video)

On March 5, the Vanguard had a discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum. The discussio ...

On March 5, the Vanguard had a discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum. The discussion covered: – What Ethnic Studies (ES) is and is not, from historical and academic perspectives; ...

March 12, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Canary in the Coal Mine – Declining Enrollment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Canary in the Coal Mine – Declining Enrollment

by David M. Greenwald For several years I have been warning that without a change to how the community gr ...

by David M. Greenwald For several years I have been warning that without a change to how the community grows going forward, we are facing a loss of quality of life and it will be harder to maintain ou ...

March 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2021
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Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum

On March 5, at 7 pm, join the Vanguard's discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum. The ...

On March 5, at 7 pm, join the Vanguard's discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum. The discussion will cover: - What Ethnic Studies (ES) is and is not, from historical and academic ...

March 05, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: School Reopening Polling Data is Tricky, As Proponents Bank on the Issue to Drive Recall of Newsom

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: School Reopening Polling Data is Tricky, As Proponents Bank on the Issue to Drive Recall of Newsom

By David M. Greenwald Everyone wants to get students back at school, but the key is it has to be safe. P ...

By David M. Greenwald Everyone wants to get students back at school, but the key is it has to be safe. Proponents of restarting now will point to methods that have been used—the CDC and other guideli ...

February 28, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Moving Closer to In-Person Student Learning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2021
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DJUSD Moving Closer to In-Person Student Learning

By David M. Greenwald Amid efforts by parents to push for the resumption of in-person instruction and ann ...

By David M. Greenwald Amid efforts by parents to push for the resumption of in-person instruction and announcements made nationally, DJUSD has developed their own model for returning to campus via a h ...

February 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Is It Time? Legislation Looks at a School Re-Opening for April?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2021
| (11) Comments

Is It Time? Legislation Looks at a School Re-Opening for April?

By David M. Greenwald COVID cases are down across the country, vaccines are slowly but surely getting dis ...

By David M. Greenwald COVID cases are down across the country, vaccines are slowly but surely getting distributed, and now the California legislature is looking at a bill—SB 86, the “Safe and Open Sch ...

February 19, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Stop Being Patient When It Comes to Re-Opening Schools

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 16, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Stop Being Patient When It Comes to Re-Opening Schools

By Tristan Leong Editor's note: Tristan Leong is a Davis resident, a parent with kids at DJUSD, and part ...

By Tristan Leong Editor's note: Tristan Leong is a Davis resident, a parent with kids at DJUSD, and part of a loose committee of parents attempting to organize to re-open the schools. A number of pa ...

February 16, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: Why Are Parents in Such a Hurry to Re-Open, Especially Now?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Why Are Parents in Such a Hurry to Re-Open, Especially Now?

By David M. Greenwald Slow and steady wins the race. That’s how the saying goes, but it could also be ad ...

By David M. Greenwald Slow and steady wins the race. That’s how the saying goes, but it could also be adapted to the fight against COVID. If there is a lesson for the failed policies of the last yea ...

February 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: A Cautious Approach to Re-Opening Makes Most Sense

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2021
| (35) Comments

Sunday Commentary: A Cautious Approach to Re-Opening Makes Most Sense

By David M. Greenwald It is one of the most contentious issues, not only in our community but across the ...

By David M. Greenwald It is one of the most contentious issues, not only in our community but across the country—when and under what circumstances to allow children to attend school in person. There ...

January 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 08, 2021
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Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest

The following is a letter sent to Superintendent John Bowes and the Trustees in support of the Measure M ...

The following is a letter sent to Superintendent John Bowes and the Trustees in support of the Measure M Oversight Committee's opinion regarding borrowing from the Measure M fund. They urge the distri ...

January 08, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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District Relies on September 30 Memo in Response to Oversight Committee Concerns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2020
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District Relies on September 30 Memo in Response to Oversight Committee Concerns

By David M. Greenwald The DJUSD, in response to public concerns expressed by the Measure M Oversight Comm ...

By David M. Greenwald The DJUSD, in response to public concerns expressed by the Measure M Oversight Committee and its chair Donna Neville, is relying on a September 30 memo as their continued positio ...

December 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Oversight Body Alleges District Violating Law by Failing to Pay Interest on Loan Repayments to Measure M Fund

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2020
| (9) Comments

Oversight Body Alleges District Violating Law by Failing to Pay Interest on Loan Repayments to Measure M Fund

By David M. Greenwald On Tuesday evening, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed ...

By David M. Greenwald On Tuesday evening, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed a recommendation and letter from Chair Donna Neville, alleging that the school district is in v ...

December 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2020
| (8) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointin ...

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointing the fingers at anyone because we are in a tough spot that no one anticipated a year ago. Last ...

December 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: All Teachers Want for Christmas

Posted by corywiegel
|Date: December 04, 2020
| (13) Comments

Guest Commentary: All Teachers Want for Christmas

by Cory Wiegel Imagine that you’re a teacher or service provider for some of the neediest and most at-ris ...

by Cory Wiegel Imagine that you’re a teacher or service provider for some of the neediest and most at-risk students in Yolo County. There’s a pandemic going on and no one knows when the needs of your ...

December 04, 2020
| by corywiegel

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