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Let’s Settle Now

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 02, 2018
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Let’s Settle Now

By Dianna Huculak (Editor's Note: Dianna Huculak, the DTA President read the following statement last nig ...

By Dianna Huculak (Editor's Note: Dianna Huculak, the DTA President read the following statement last night at the Davis Joint Unified School Board Meeting). The Davis Teachers Association is pleased ...

March 02, 2018
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Commentary: Both City and School District Should Be Concerned with Parcel Tax Poll

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2018
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Commentary: Both City and School District Should Be Concerned with Parcel Tax Poll

The Davis School District is looking toward a parcel tax as a way to fund increases to teacher compensati ...

The Davis School District is looking toward a parcel tax as a way to fund increases to teacher compensation. To achieve that, they are looking at potentially a $198 parcel tax measure for the fall. T ...

March 01, 2018
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District to Evaluate Feasibility of Parcel Tax on Thursday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2018
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District to Evaluate Feasibility of Parcel Tax on Thursday

The school district commissioned a poll to determine interest in a parcel tax for employee compensation. ...

The school district commissioned a poll to determine interest in a parcel tax for employee compensation. The district will use the results of the $27,000 poll to determine whether they should go forw ...

February 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Let’s Not Pretend Like Teacher Health Benefits Are Not Subpar

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2018
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My View: Let’s Not Pretend Like Teacher Health Benefits Are Not Subpar

A Dunning column from earlier this week noted with sympathy teachers' efforts to lobby the district with ...

A Dunning column from earlier this week noted with sympathy teachers' efforts to lobby the district with regard to pay and compensation. However, he offers: “While my sympathies in this battle lie squ ...

January 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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MLK Speaker Calls Davis a City Full of Contradictions, Critiques Race Relations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2018
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MLK Speaker Calls Davis a City Full of Contradictions, Critiques Race Relations

Speaker: The city’s outward affluence masks a surprising poverty This year’s keynote speaker at the Davis ...

Speaker: The city’s outward affluence masks a surprising poverty This year’s keynote speaker at the Davis MLK Day celebration held at the Varsity Theater was Dr. Mariama Gray, an assistant professor i ...

January 20, 2018
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Commentary: Schools and City Face the Cost of Deferring

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2018
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Commentary: Schools and City Face the Cost of Deferring

The city council on Tuesday and the school board in the coming weeks and months will face a difficult cho ...

The city council on Tuesday and the school board in the coming weeks and months will face a difficult choice – do they ask the voters to help bail them out of past mistakes? No one wants to look at t ...

January 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Hundreds of Teachers Take to Streets to Demand Better Pay, Benefits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2018
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Hundreds of Teachers Take to Streets to Demand Better Pay, Benefits

Teachers took to the streets on Wednesday evening at three locations in Davis – Mace and Chiles, Covell a ...

Teachers took to the streets on Wednesday evening at three locations in Davis – Mace and Chiles, Covell and Pole Line, and 5th and B. Teachers have been pushing for pay increases to close a compensat ...

January 18, 2018
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My View: The Bottom Line Is Davis Is Not Sustainable

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 30, 2017
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My View: The Bottom Line Is Davis Is Not Sustainable

Over the years, those who have supported growth in Davis have always argued that Davis was going to chang ...

Over the years, those who have supported growth in Davis have always argued that Davis was going to change one way or another. Their argument was that trying to keep a community the same as it is wou ...

December 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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DTA President Speaks Out as Teachers Continue to Press Case to Close Wage Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2017
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DTA President Speaks Out as Teachers Continue to Press Case to Close Wage Gap

At the last school board meeting before the break, during her presentation to the school board, Davis Tea ...

At the last school board meeting before the break, during her presentation to the school board, Davis Teachers Association President Dianna Huculak read a letter from the Willet teachers: “Students ar ...

December 28, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Board Prioritizing Closing Teacher Compensation Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Board Prioritizing Closing Teacher Compensation Gap

The school board had a good discussion last week on the prospects for closing the compensation gap. For ...

The school board had a good discussion last week on the prospects for closing the compensation gap. For those who want the board to go outside the box – I don’t see it. I think we are looking at an ...

November 20, 2017
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School Board Focuses on Parcel Tax to Reduce Compensation Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2017
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School Board Focuses on Parcel Tax to Reduce Compensation Gap

The school board on Thursday night began to look at what it would take to make the district competitive i ...

The school board on Thursday night began to look at what it would take to make the district competitive in terms of teacher compensation. No one else has a revenue measure specific to raise compensat ...

November 19, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Problem with Teacher Compensation is Severe, the Options Are Limited

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: The Problem with Teacher Compensation is Severe, the Options Are Limited

The stories of the struggles of teachers are heartbreaking for anyone who listens. A bright young teacher ...

The stories of the struggles of teachers are heartbreaking for anyone who listens. A bright young teacher is getting married early so she can get on her fiance's health care plan from the Sacramento S ...

October 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Teachers and Parents Speak Out on Teacher Compensation Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2017
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Teachers and Parents Speak Out on Teacher Compensation Issues

In Friday's article, the Vanguard covered the remarks of DTA President Dianna Huculak to the school board ...

In Friday's article, the Vanguard covered the remarks of DTA President Dianna Huculak to the school board, but a few dozen people also spoke on Thursday with dozens more packed into community chambers ...

October 07, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Gets an Earful from DTA President on Teacher Compensation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2017
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School Board Gets an Earful from DTA President on Teacher Compensation

The issue of teacher compensation was not on the agenda last night for the school board meeting, but that ...

The issue of teacher compensation was not on the agenda last night for the school board meeting, but that didn’t stop a few dozen parents and teachers from coming to the meeting to speak during public ...

October 06, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Parents and Community Members to Push for Teacher Pay Equity

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2017
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Parents and Community Members to Push for Teacher Pay Equity

While the issue of teacher pay will not be officially on the school board agenda tonight, a group called ...

While the issue of teacher pay will not be officially on the school board agenda tonight, a group called Parents for Equity for Davis Teachers is organizing a community push for teacher pay equity. Th ...

October 05, 2017
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Teacher Talks about Addressing the Teacher Compensation Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2017
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Teacher Talks about Addressing the Teacher Compensation Gap

It has been nearly two weeks since teachers poured into the school board meeting, asking the school distr ...

It has been nearly two weeks since teachers poured into the school board meeting, asking the school district to address the compensation gap. The Vanguard spoke late last week with former DTA preside ...

September 18, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Remarks by DTA President on Teacher Compensation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 14, 2017
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Remarks by DTA President on Teacher Compensation

By Dianna Huculak Behind me are 80 black balloons, which represent the teachers that have resigned or tak ...

By Dianna Huculak Behind me are 80 black balloons, which represent the teachers that have resigned or taken leaves of absences to never return over the past 3 years. These were 80 colleagues, friends ...

September 14, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Open Letter to Davis Parents: Come to Support Teachers on October 5

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 13, 2017
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Open Letter to Davis Parents: Come to Support Teachers on October 5

By Davis Teachers Association Parents and supporters of Davis students: We need your voice now in our eff ...

By Davis Teachers Association Parents and supporters of Davis students: We need your voice now in our efforts to provide stability, sustainability and student success of Davis schools. Show your suppo ...

September 13, 2017
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Full Remarks by Superintendent Bowes on Teacher Compensation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2017
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Full Remarks by Superintendent Bowes on Teacher Compensation

(Editor's notes: The following are the full written remarks from Superintendent John Bowes given regardin ...

(Editor's notes: The following are the full written remarks from Superintendent John Bowes given regarding teacher compensation at Thursday night's school board meeting). Building the Best DJUSD Team ...

September 12, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Did DJUSD Get into This Problem?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Did DJUSD Get into This Problem?

One thing that has always troubled me with regard to the school district – it has never been the “right t ...

One thing that has always troubled me with regard to the school district – it has never been the “right time” to ask tough questions. The attitude has always seemed to be that we need the parcel tax, ...

September 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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