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Commentary: Why I Applied for the School Board and a Whole Lot More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2018
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Commentary: Why I Applied for the School Board and a Whole Lot More

Thursday will definitely go down as one of the stranger days since I have been covering the news in Davis ...

Thursday will definitely go down as one of the stranger days since I have been covering the news in Davis starting in July 2006. The upshot: we have a race for school board (sort of), a new appointee ...

August 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What the School Board Race Looks Like after the Archer Surprise

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What the School Board Race Looks Like after the Archer Surprise

Many were surprised to learn that Barbara Archer has decided not to seek reelection for the school board ...

Many were surprised to learn that Barbara Archer has decided not to seek reelection for the school board seat she first won in 2014. In an interview with the local paper, she did not offer much in th ...

August 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Three School Board Candidates File for November Election; Barbara Archer Does Not File

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 11, 2018
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Three School Board Candidates File for November Election; Barbara Archer Does Not File

The biggest surprise on Friday was that Barbara Archer, who was elected to the school board in 2014, did ...

The biggest surprise on Friday was that Barbara Archer, who was elected to the school board in 2014, did not file papers for re-election by the 5 pm deadline on Friday. That means there are two open ...

August 11, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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DiNunzio Files and Becomes Candidate for School Board

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 11, 2018
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DiNunzio Files and Becomes Candidate for School Board

(From Press Release) - Davis resident and parent Joe DiNunzio became an official candidate in the race fo ...

(From Press Release) - Davis resident and parent Joe DiNunzio became an official candidate in the race for the Davis School Board after filing with the Yolo County Elections office this past Wednesday ...

August 11, 2018
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Adams to Run for Re-Election

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 10, 2018
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Adams to Run for Re-Election

Tom Adams has filed paperwork to run for a second term on the DJUSD School Board. He was first elected t ...

Tom Adams has filed paperwork to run for a second term on the DJUSD School Board. He was first elected to the board in November 2014, and has worked for the California Department of Education in Sacr ...

August 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Pickett Officially Files for Candidacy in School Board Race; Will Not Seek Interim Appointment

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 08, 2018
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Pickett Officially Files for Candidacy in School Board Race; Will Not Seek Interim Appointment

(From Press Release) - Cindy Pickett, an associate professor of psychology at UC Davis, became the secon ...

(From Press Release) - Cindy Pickett, an associate professor of psychology at UC Davis, became the second official candidate for the Davis school board in the November election. She filed at the Yol ...

August 08, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Give the Voters a Clean Choice for School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Give the Voters a Clean Choice for School Board

A comment by School Board Member Bob Poppenga has triggered some conversation. On Thursday, as the board ...

A comment by School Board Member Bob Poppenga has triggered some conversation. On Thursday, as the board was deciding on a process to select a replacement trustee for Madhavi Sunder, Mr. Poppenga sta ...

August 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: What If Schools and School Funding Are Outside the Hands of Our School Board?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2018
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My View: What If Schools and School Funding Are Outside the Hands of Our School Board?

On Thursday, the school board took time out from its summer recess to hold a meeting that lasted all of 2 ...

On Thursday, the school board took time out from its summer recess to hold a meeting that lasted all of 25 minutes. During that time, Alan Fernandes explained where he stood with his parcel tax, and ...

August 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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School Board to Accept Applications for Replacement to Sunder

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2018
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School Board to Accept Applications for Replacement to Sunder

On Thursday, the school board met for a total of 25 minutes, half of which was to figure out how to fill ...

On Thursday, the school board met for a total of 25 minutes, half of which was to figure out how to fill a vacancy. Given the timing of Madhavi Sunder’s resignation, the board could not by law leave ...

August 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Big Question for the School Board is What They Will Do About Vacant Seat

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2018
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Commentary: Big Question for the School Board is What They Will Do About Vacant Seat

A school board seat has become vacant as the result of Madhavi Sunder departing for a position at Georget ...

A school board seat has become vacant as the result of Madhavi Sunder departing for a position at Georgetown Law School and forgoing the final five or six months of her four-year term. The seat is sc ...

August 02, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: No Parcel Tax for November, So Let’s Re-Think This

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2018
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Commentary: No Parcel Tax for November, So Let’s Re-Think This

Alan Fernandes always knew it would be an uphill battle to get a parcel tax on the ballot for November, n ...

Alan Fernandes always knew it would be an uphill battle to get a parcel tax on the ballot for November, needing 6000 signatures – even under the best of circumstances. However, there were enough ques ...

July 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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That Time When Former Superintendent Murphy Couldn’t Explain What Happened to $5 Million in Facilities Money

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2018
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That Time When Former Superintendent Murphy Couldn’t Explain What Happened to $5 Million in Facilities Money

It was a decade ago that the Vanguard chronicled, in a multi-part series, how former DJUSD Deputy Superin ...

It was a decade ago that the Vanguard chronicled, in a multi-part series, how former DJUSD Deputy Superintendent Tahir Ahad used his position at the school district to start up a private education con ...

July 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: School Board Should Put Regular Parcel Tax on the Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: School Board Should Put Regular Parcel Tax on the Ballot

We need to recognize as a community that we are facing the most serious threat to our quality of life in ...

We need to recognize as a community that we are facing the most serious threat to our quality of life in Davis that we have probably ever faced. The fact is that we do not have the current level of r ...

July 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Adding School Resource Officers on Campus Not a Good Idea

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2018
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My View: Adding School Resource Officers on Campus Not a Good Idea

The parcel tax proposal puts many in this community into a quandary. On the one hand, the school distric ...

The parcel tax proposal puts many in this community into a quandary. On the one hand, the school district is disadvantaged by LCFF (Local Control Funding Formula) funding which has in part, even with ...

July 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Parcel Tax Would Fund Not Only Teacher Compensation, but Also Police and Fire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2018
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Analysis: Parcel Tax Would Fund Not Only Teacher Compensation, but Also Police and Fire

The teacher compensation gap has emerged as one of the key issues in our community. The Vanguard and oth ...

The teacher compensation gap has emerged as one of the key issues in our community. The Vanguard and others are concerned that the wage level for teachers has fallen well below that of neighboring an ...

July 05, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why is the Board Giving the Upper Administration Another Pay Increase?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2018
| (26) Comments

Commentary: Why is the Board Giving the Upper Administration Another Pay Increase?

Last week, three board members (Alan Fernandes abstained and Bob Poppenga was not there) voted to give th ...

Last week, three board members (Alan Fernandes abstained and Bob Poppenga was not there) voted to give the upper administration a 3.5 percent ongoing pay increase retroactive to July 1, 2017. In addi ...

June 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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With Little Other Choice, Legislature and Governor Capitulate to the Beverage Industry

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2018
| (13) Comments

With Little Other Choice, Legislature and Governor Capitulate to the Beverage Industry

A deal that will have far-reaching implications indeed passed in the form of AB 1838 and was signed into ...

A deal that will have far-reaching implications indeed passed in the form of AB 1838 and was signed into law by a reluctant Governor Brown. On the surface, the bill bans cities and counties from crea ...

June 29, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: How a Deal between the Soda Industry and the Legislature Could Impact Our Schools Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2018
| (56) Comments

Analysis: How a Deal between the Soda Industry and the Legislature Could Impact Our Schools Parcel Tax

Try to follow this stream of events carefully. Last Thursday, Davis School Board Member Alan Fernandes a ...

Try to follow this stream of events carefully. Last Thursday, Davis School Board Member Alan Fernandes announced an effort to put a majority-vote parcel tax on the ballot. In order to even get it on ...

June 26, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Continue the DHS Choral Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 24, 2018
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Letter: Continue the DHS Choral Program

By Dan Wolk (Delivered initially during public comment on Tuesday). As many of you know, I am a product o ...

By Dan Wolk (Delivered initially during public comment on Tuesday). As many of you know, I am a product of the Davis schools and in particular its stellar music program. I participated in music in el ...

June 24, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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DTA President Pushes Back on Administrative Pay Increases

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 23, 2018
| (14) Comments

DTA President Pushes Back on Administrative Pay Increases

By Dianna Huculak At the end of the school year, educators in our district received an email from Directo ...

By Dianna Huculak At the end of the school year, educators in our district received an email from Director of secondary education Troy Allen, which among other things, told us that our students would ...

June 23, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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