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Sunday Commentary: Is the End Nigh – the End of Great Schools in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Is the End Nigh – the End of Great Schools in Davis?

In 2007, the DJUSD school board put a parcel tax on the ballot for renewal. It was the same amount they ...

In 2007, the DJUSD school board put a parcel tax on the ballot for renewal. It was the same amount they had been doing for well over a decade – $100. It was my first time covering the schools and li ...

June 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2019
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My View: Dunning Attacks District Elections but Ignores Montgomery and Achievement Gap in Doing So

Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – ...

Columnist Bob Dunning continues to lament the school board decision to transition to district elections – and while there are certainly aspects of it that deserve questioning, at this point it’s a don ...

June 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2019
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Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?

As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road ahead for both schools and ...

As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road ahead for both schools and the city on funding. Longer term, I think it is going to be a real problem to maintain the cu ...

June 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Board Approves State Letter on Ethnic Studies, Pushes Further

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2019
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Board Approves State Letter on Ethnic Studies, Pushes Further

Community groups have been pushing for changes to the district’s ethnic studies policies for the last few ...

Community groups have been pushing for changes to the district’s ethnic studies policies for the last few months. On Thursday, the school board unanimously approved a letter being sent to Senator Con ...

June 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: District Elections Coming, Like Them or Not – Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2019
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Commentary: District Elections Coming, Like Them or Not – Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing

A certain columnist believes that if Davis citizens had been given a chance to vote on district elections ...

A certain columnist believes that if Davis citizens had been given a chance to vote on district elections for school board they would have rejected it with 80 percent of the vote. While I tend to agr ...

June 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why Wait for the State on Ethnic Studies?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2019
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Commentary: Why Wait for the State on Ethnic Studies?

The school board this week has a letter asking for Senator Connie Leyva and Assemblymember Jose Medina to ...

The school board this week has a letter asking for Senator Connie Leyva and Assemblymember Jose Medina to support AB 331, “which will add a course of ethnic studies to be a high school graduation requ ...

June 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Drafts Letter in Support of Statewide Bill Making Ethnic Studies a Graduation Requirement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2019
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School Board Drafts Letter in Support of Statewide Bill Making Ethnic Studies a Graduation Requirement

While community members have pushed for DJUSD to implement its own local ethnic studies program for the i ...

While community members have pushed for DJUSD to implement its own local ethnic studies program for the immediate implementation, the board is slated to take action in support of AB 331, which “which ...

June 16, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should the District Do?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 10, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should the District Do?

The school board has a tough call to make. The polling that came back is right in the gray area, as we h ...

The school board has a tough call to make. The polling that came back is right in the gray area, as we have noted in previous commentaries. On the one hand, right now, 65 percent of likely voters in ...

June 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Parcel Tax Should Be Pursued, but We Need to Address Other Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 08, 2019
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My View: Parcel Tax Should Be Pursued, but We Need to Address Other Issues

If you look at the polling numbers released by the school district you arrive at a very simple conclusion ...

If you look at the polling numbers released by the school district you arrive at a very simple conclusion – they are where they were a year ago and, given what we are asking, they are considerably low ...

June 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Proponents Continue to Push for Ethnic Studies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2019
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Proponents Continue to Push for Ethnic Studies

Another group of community members came forward Thursday night during public comment, pushing for the DJU ...

Another group of community members came forward Thursday night during public comment, pushing for the DJUSD School Board to adopt a resolution by July that would create a Cultural Awareness and Ethnic ...

June 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Parcel Tax for Employee Compensation Will Need a Lift to Get Passed

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 06, 2019
| (23) Comments

Parcel Tax for Employee Compensation Will Need a Lift to Get Passed

A poll released by DJUSD shows that passage of a parcel tax at the level of $198 per parcel is close to, ...

A poll released by DJUSD shows that passage of a parcel tax at the level of $198 per parcel is close to, but not exceeding, the two-thirds threshold needed for passage. All the polled parcel taxes ar ...

June 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: School District Needs to Be More Transparent in Posting of Documents Ahead of Meetings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2019
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Commentary: School District Needs to Be More Transparent in Posting of Documents Ahead of Meetings

It was interesting watching the school board meeting last week. The proposal by the school district to m ...

It was interesting watching the school board meeting last week. The proposal by the school district to make changes to the Da Vinci program, including the potential movement of the preschool, was pla ...

June 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Research Shows We Must Figure Out Ways to Get Our Kids More Sleep

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2019
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Commentary: Research Shows We Must Figure Out Ways to Get Our Kids More Sleep

The research on late start is pretty overwhelming. Studies show that teens need 8.5 to 9.5 hours of slee ...

The research on late start is pretty overwhelming. Studies show that teens need 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep, but get about 7.6 hours of sleep on average. And that’s just on average – many probably get ...

June 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Board Looks to Add Changes to Da Vinci Facilities Plan, Move Da Vinci 9th Grade to Valley Oak Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 30, 2019
| (2) Comments

Board Looks to Add Changes to Da Vinci Facilities Plan, Move Da Vinci 9th Grade to Valley Oak Campus

Back in November, the Davis voters overwhelmingly supported Measure M, a school facilities bond that will ...

Back in November, the Davis voters overwhelmingly supported Measure M, a school facilities bond that will provide around $150 million for upgrading school facilities. This followed the board’s approv ...

May 30, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Call for Ethnic Studies in Davis Schools

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 29, 2019
| (17) Comments

Letter: Call for Ethnic Studies in Davis Schools

At a recent Davis school board meeting, over 20 students, teachers and parents called for Davis Joint Uni ...

At a recent Davis school board meeting, over 20 students, teachers and parents called for Davis Joint Unified School District to join neighboring Woodland Joint Unified and thirty other California sch ...

May 29, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: DJUSD Moves to District Elections for Board Trustees

Posted by Grace Bassett
|Date: May 25, 2019
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: DJUSD Moves to District Elections for Board Trustees

by Grace Bassett The board's decision to adopt district elections and move away from at-large elections o ...

by Grace Bassett The board's decision to adopt district elections and move away from at-large elections of future board members feels rushed, preemptive, and primarily motivated by 1) fear of losing p ...

May 25, 2019
| by Grace Bassett

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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Being Forced to Go to District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2019
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Being Forced to Go to District Elections

On Thursday, the board listened to a presentation from attorney David Soldani, who argued that the distri ...

On Thursday, the board listened to a presentation from attorney David Soldani, who argued that the district had little choice but to approve a resolution moving the district to a system whereby each m ...

May 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2019
| (53) Comments

Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during th ...

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during their discussion of the LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan). At the time, both the boar ...

May 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Concern Raised about Lack of Ethnic Studies at DJUSD

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2019
| (18) Comments

Concern Raised about Lack of Ethnic Studies at DJUSD

Last week Melissa Moreno, speaking as a parent and community member, was watching the DJUSD discussion of ...

Last week Melissa Moreno, speaking as a parent and community member, was watching the DJUSD discussion of the LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan). She became concerned when a slide placed “e ...

May 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Excluding Out-of-District Transfers Won’t Save You from the Parcel Tax Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 06, 2019
| (113) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Excluding Out-of-District Transfers Won’t Save You from the Parcel Tax Increase

All weekend I kept getting messages from people not wanting to pay for a parcel tax increase, arguing tha ...

All weekend I kept getting messages from people not wanting to pay for a parcel tax increase, arguing that we need to “right size” the school district or eliminate out-of-district transfers. I get th ...

May 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (113) Comments

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