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Guest Commentary: My Answers to DJUSD’s Community Survey about Filling the Superintendent Position

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: My Answers to DJUSD’s Community Survey about Filling the Superintendent Position

By Richard McCann The Davis Joint Unified School District is searching for a new superintendent, and in a ...

By Richard McCann The Davis Joint Unified School District is searching for a new superintendent, and in an innovative step, DJUSD sponsored a series of community workshops and a survey. I was expectin ...

February 08, 2022
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Davis High Students Upset at Block Schedule

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2022
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Davis High Students Upset at Block Schedule

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A student organization, Students for a Two-Block Sched ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A student organization, Students for a Two-Block Schedule, last week released a petition calling for DJUSD school board to reconsider their decision ...

January 18, 2022
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UC Davis to Start Winter in Remote Learning for a Week; DJUSD No Plans to Change at This Point

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2021
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UC Davis to Start Winter in Remote Learning for a Week; DJUSD No Plans to Change at This Point

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An article in the San Diego Union Tribune seemed to su ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An article in the San Diego Union Tribune seemed to suggest that the University of California would be starting the winter in remote learning due to ...

December 22, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Declining Enrollment is Something of a Concern to This Community

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Declining Enrollment is Something of a Concern to This Community

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For years we have justified growth control policies in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For years we have justified growth control policies in an effort to keep Davis the small and vibrant community that many remember from the 80s and 90 ...

September 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Announces Departure of Dr. John Bowes and Appointment of Interim Superintendent Matt Best

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 07, 2021
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DJUSD Announces Departure of Dr. John Bowes and Appointment of Interim Superintendent Matt Best

Special To the Vanguard Davis, A – Gone is Superintendent John Bowes. In is Interim Superintendent Matt ...

Special To the Vanguard Davis, A – Gone is Superintendent John Bowes. In is Interim Superintendent Matt Best. DJUSD announced Friday, the departure of Superintendent Dr. John Bowes and the Board of E ...

August 07, 2021
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Commentary: Revolving Door of Superintendents Just One Sign of Trouble

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2021
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Commentary: Revolving Door of Superintendents Just One Sign of Trouble

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Former Superintendent David Murphy had to go. He couldn’t answer basic ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Former Superintendent David Murphy had to go. He couldn’t answer basic questions to the school board about what happened to an amount of money that the board was led ...

June 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Bowes Leaving As Superintendent After Five Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2021
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Bowes Leaving As Superintendent After Five Years

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The revolving door of Superintendents at DJUSD continues. John Bowes s ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The revolving door of Superintendents at DJUSD continues. John Bowes sent out a public email this morning announcing that he was taking a Superintendent position at ...

June 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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District Continues Practice of Making Interest-Free Loans from Building Fund

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2021
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District Continues Practice of Making Interest-Free Loans from Building Fund

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Last December, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Last December, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed a recommendation conveyed in a letter from Chair Donna Neville, alleging that the school ...

June 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District About to Head Back into the Red

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District About to Head Back into the Red

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It should be good news, despite fears of the need for massive cuts for ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It should be good news, despite fears of the need for massive cuts for the school district and state government in the wake of the pandemic and economic shutdown last ...

June 14, 2021
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Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 23, 2021
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Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal

The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified Scho ...

The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified School District From: Members and Leaders of the Davis and Yolo County Jewish American Community W ...

May 23, 2021
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DJUSD Announces Full Return to Campuses in the Fall

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: May 22, 2021
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DJUSD Announces Full Return to Campuses in the Fall

By Renee Applegate DAVIS – The City of Davis and the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) discuss ...

By Renee Applegate DAVIS – The City of Davis and the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) discussed students returning to campus. The district announced its plans for a full regular in-person ...

May 22, 2021
| by Linh Nguyen

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2021
| (1) Comment

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
| by David Greenwald

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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
| (4) Comments

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
| (24) Comments

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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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
| (21) Comments

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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