Peterson’s Childhood Experiences Fuel Her Advocacy of Title I Students in Davis
Nancy Peterson has worked as a volunteer at Montgomery Elementary for 12 years. She has seen Montgomery become the first campus in Davis to enter Program Improvement status and has become a fierce advocate to at-risk and Title I children.
She brings to the school board race a candidate whose own children have been at Montgomery and who has a firsthand view of what happens when a school goes through program improvement.
For months we have known that the district has put a measure on the ballot, Measure E, that would renew the current Measure A parcel tax levy (204 dollars) while creating a contingency to raise that amount by 242 dollars should the state tax Proposition 30 fail next week.
Last week we reported that Thomas Randall, one of the co-leaders of the No on Measure E campaign, had filed an FPPC complaint against the Davis Joint Unified School District and Susan Lovenburg, over what he is calling their campaign on Measure E.
Unfortunately, as we approach a critical election both nationally and locally, ’tis the season not only for sign stealing but also apparently threats and intimidation.
COMMENTARY – It seems like every election we get the invariable argument over who is entitled to vote on matters of taxation.
In 2006 Matt Rexroad, in his campaign for county supervisor, was ahead of the curve. He was out there engaging with the public on a variety of issues and utilized his blog as a way to connect with voters.
There was an interesting comment on the Vanguard yesterday, in discussion of the Davis Chamber of Commerce’s op-ed in the Davis Enterprise. A commenter wrote: “If Measure E and Prop. 30 pass tens of thousands of Davis households will have several hundreds to close to a thousand less dollars to spend on our local economy.”
A letter to the editor in the paper suggested that school board candidate Alan Fernandes is a paid lobbyist, as the Enterprise described, in their profile of the candidate, that his job is “representing the county of Los Angeles in matters pertaining to state government.”
by Barbara Archer, et al – 
We can debate how much endorsements matter, particularly newspaper endorsements, but there is little doubt that they can give a campaign a shot of energy. And so Susan Lovenburg and Nancy Peterson get big endorsements from the local newspaper this week.
ANALYSIS: The Demographic Breakdown May Surprise You – One of the audience questions that we asked at Monday’s candidates forum at Harper Junior High was “Why are there so few teachers of color in this district? In the last five years there have been very few teachers of color hired, except at Cesar Chavez for obvious reasons. Shouldn’t there be more parity in the teaching force to reflect the student population?”
