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Monday Morning Thoughts: Declining Quality of Life in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Declining Quality of Life in Davis?

This spring I unwittingly took a tour of other communities as my daughter seemed to alternate between gym ...

This spring I unwittingly took a tour of other communities as my daughter seemed to alternate between gymnastics competitions and soccer tournaments. What I learned isn’t that reassuring – Davis is a ...

June 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Joe DiNunzio Becomes Second Candidate for Davis School Board

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 15, 2018
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Joe DiNunzio Becomes Second Candidate for Davis School Board

(From Press Release) - Long time Davis resident Joe DiNunzio has declared his candidacy for the Davis Sch ...

(From Press Release) - Long time Davis resident Joe DiNunzio has declared his candidacy for the Davis School Board on the November 2018 ballot. “There is no bigger responsibility or priority for the c ...

June 15, 2018
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Letter: Is Trustee Flexibility Wrong Approach?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 08, 2018
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Letter: Is Trustee Flexibility Wrong Approach?

By Kristen Townsend Wallman Is it responsible to build a swimming pool in your backyard if you can’t affo ...

By Kristen Townsend Wallman Is it responsible to build a swimming pool in your backyard if you can’t afford to fix your home’s leaky roof? Most homeowners would probably say, no. Yet, with $443 millio ...

June 08, 2018
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Cindy Pickett Becomes First Candidate for School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2018
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Cindy Pickett Becomes First Candidate for School Board

On Friday night, Cindy Pickett became the first candidate to formally announce her candidacy for the Davi ...

On Friday night, Cindy Pickett became the first candidate to formally announce her candidacy for the Davis School Board. Ms. Pickett was introduced by sitting school board member Bob Poppenga. He exp ...

May 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Will the District Add a Pool to Davis High School?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 19, 2018
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Will the District Add a Pool to Davis High School?

The school board is still somewhat early in their facilities Master Plan process. Last fall, they author ...

The school board is still somewhat early in their facilities Master Plan process. Last fall, they authorized LPA Inc. architects to create an updated Facilities Master Plan for the Davis Joint Unifie ...

May 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Cindy Pickett Announces Candidacy for Davis School Board

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 11, 2018
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Cindy Pickett Announces Candidacy for Davis School Board

Pledges to Promote Trust, Transparency, and Mutual Respect (From Press Release) - Cindy Pickett announced ...

Pledges to Promote Trust, Transparency, and Mutual Respect (From Press Release) - Cindy Pickett announced her candidacy today for a seat on the Davis school board in the upcoming November 2018 general ...

May 11, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: District Should Come Clean on DHS Principal Situation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 06, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: District Should Come Clean on DHS Principal Situation

Two weeks ago something remarkable happened – with the district having informed DHS teachers of their dec ...

Two weeks ago something remarkable happened – with the district having informed DHS teachers of their decision to hire outside candidate Lee Fleming as the new principal, the teachers rose up and said ...

May 06, 2018
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Sunder to Move, Leave the Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2018
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Sunder to Move, Leave the Board

On Thursday night, Board member Madhavi Sunder confirmed what many in the community had been suspecting – ...

On Thursday night, Board member Madhavi Sunder confirmed what many in the community had been suspecting – not only will she not seek a second term, but she will be leaving the community this summer. S ...

May 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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In Full Reverse by Superintendent, McHale Now Recommended for DHS Principal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2018
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In Full Reverse by Superintendent, McHale Now Recommended for DHS Principal

Two weeks ago DJUSD was set to hire outside candidate Lee Fleming from San Diego County as the next princ ...

Two weeks ago DJUSD was set to hire outside candidate Lee Fleming from San Diego County as the next principal of Davis High. But that was before teachers from DHS protested the hire. Roughly 70 teac ...

May 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Parents Complain about Bullying at Cesar Chavez, Call for Full-Time School Counselor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 30, 2018
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Parents Complain about Bullying at Cesar Chavez, Call for Full-Time School Counselor

Parents at Cesar Chavez are talking a “mean girls phenomena” where their children, some in the third grad ...

Parents at Cesar Chavez are talking a “mean girls phenomena” where their children, some in the third grade, others as early as first grade, are being bullied at school. Aside from concerns about the i ...

April 30, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: District in Hot Water over DHS Principal Hire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 29, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: District in Hot Water over DHS Principal Hire

Two weeks ago, the DJUSD School Board delayed approving the decision on the hiring of a new principal at ...

Two weeks ago, the DJUSD School Board delayed approving the decision on the hiring of a new principal at Davis High after 70 teachers showed up at a closed session meeting to protest the selection by ...

April 29, 2018
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Students and Parents Call for Bilingual Education at Harper

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2018
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Students and Parents Call for Bilingual Education at Harper

Lito Hanson spoke to the school board last Thursday, flanked by about eight of his 6th grade classmates a ...

Lito Hanson spoke to the school board last Thursday, flanked by about eight of his 6th grade classmates at Montgomery Elementary. They called on the district to provide a continuation of their two-wa ...

April 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Teacher Support for Interim DHS Principal Forces District to Postpone New Hire

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2018
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Teacher Support for Interim DHS Principal Forces District to Postpone New Hire

Thursday’s DJUSD Board meeting got off to a late start as more than 70 Davis High School teachers and oth ...

Thursday’s DJUSD Board meeting got off to a late start as more than 70 Davis High School teachers and others showed up during closed session to protest an outside hire of a new principal for DHS. Ten ...

April 20, 2018
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School Board Re-Evaluates Discipline Policy in Wake of Student Walk Out and Pending Actions Scheduled for the 20th

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 06, 2018
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School Board Re-Evaluates Discipline Policy in Wake of Student Walk Out and Pending Actions Scheduled for the 20th

Sunder Questions Whether District May Not Be Consistent with Case Law for Student Protests While the dist ...

Sunder Questions Whether District May Not Be Consistent with Case Law for Student Protests While the district passed a couple of motions to educate the students and the community on the types of actio ...

April 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Board Set to Approve Agreement with DTA on a New Contract

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2018
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Board Set to Approve Agreement with DTA on a New Contract

Back in March, the Davis Teachers Association and DJUSD agreed to a contract settlement signed by Deputy ...

Back in March, the Davis Teachers Association and DJUSD agreed to a contract settlement signed by Deputy Superintendent Matt Best and DTA Lead Negotiator Heather Wade on March 6. The agreements report ...

April 05, 2018
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Board to Look at Discipline Policies Stemming from Student Walk Out

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 04, 2018
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Board to Look at Discipline Policies Stemming from Student Walk Out

DJUSD attracted regional attention when the Sacramento Bee back in mid-March ran a story, “This district ...

DJUSD attracted regional attention when the Sacramento Bee back in mid-March ran a story, “This district in a liberal California city marked down the names of student protesters.” Board member Madhavi ...

April 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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LA Unified Encouraged Students to Participate in the 17-Minute Program, DJUSD Threatened to Punish Theirs

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 18, 2018
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LA Unified Encouraged Students to Participate in the 17-Minute Program, DJUSD Threatened to Punish Theirs

Statement by Board Trustee Madhavi Sunder (Madhavi Sunder, Board Trustee, made the following statement at ...

Statement by Board Trustee Madhavi Sunder (Madhavi Sunder, Board Trustee, made the following statement at March 15, 2018 Davis School Board Meeting). I would like to request that the Board address the ...

March 18, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: We Have Failed Montgomery, Montgomery Has Not Failed Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 17, 2018
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My View: We Have Failed Montgomery, Montgomery Has Not Failed Us

Late on Thursday evening, the DJUSD School Board moved forward with proposed changes that would phase out ...

Late on Thursday evening, the DJUSD School Board moved forward with proposed changes that would phase out the English-only program at Marguerite Montgomery Elementary, and leave in its wake the Two-wa ...

March 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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District to Examine Discipline Policies after Complaints Following Student Walk Out

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2018
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District to Examine Discipline Policies after Complaints Following Student Walk Out

It was a story that drew attention across the community and across the region, as the Bee ran the headlin ...

It was a story that drew attention across the community and across the region, as the Bee ran the headline: “This district in a liberal California city marked down the names of student protesters.” Th ...

March 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Fear Itself – Why Davis Should Not Install Metal Detectors at Its Schools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2018
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My View: Fear Itself – Why Davis Should Not Install Metal Detectors at Its Schools

Columnist Bob Dunning, discussing the potential threat at Harper this week, noted that while most of us – ...

Columnist Bob Dunning, discussing the potential threat at Harper this week, noted that while most of us – myself included – believed that the threat was most likely a hoax, “The Parkland shooting is a ...

March 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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