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Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointin ...

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointing the fingers at anyone because we are in a tough spot that no one anticipated a year ago. Last ...

December 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: We Should Wait to Re-Open Our Schools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2020
| (16) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: We Should Wait to Re-Open Our Schools

By David M. Greenwald As a parent I get it—distance learning really isn’t great for nine- and ten-year-ol ...

By David M. Greenwald As a parent I get it—distance learning really isn’t great for nine- and ten-year-old students. They are stir crazy. Staring at a screen is a pain—literally. They miss their fr ...

November 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: UC Davis Opens for Fall Quarter

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: October 19, 2020
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Student Opinion: UC Davis Opens for Fall Quarter

By Michelle Moreno Lira This school year will be different for UC Davis students as they settle on campus ...

By Michelle Moreno Lira This school year will be different for UC Davis students as they settle on campus and adjust to remote courses and on-campus guidelines. The university was greeted by a series ...

October 19, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Monday Morning Thoughts: No In-Person School for This Family

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: No In-Person School for This Family

Last Monday, nine of our interns in the SF Court Watch program and I went down to San Francisco Superior ...

Last Monday, nine of our interns in the SF Court Watch program and I went down to San Francisco Superior Court—it was my first visit since March 13. We were pushing the court to make streaming video ...

July 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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BREAKING NEWS: Davis Schools to Close through APRIL 12 (UPDATED at 1:25)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2020
| (49) Comments

BREAKING NEWS: Davis Schools to Close through APRIL 12 (UPDATED at 1:25)

DAVIS UPDATE: DJUSD announced that, in consultation with both the Yolo County Health Department and legal ...

DAVIS UPDATE: DJUSD announced that, in consultation with both the Yolo County Health Department and legal counsel, the district will close its schools until at least April 12, beginning on Monday. Sup ...

March 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Files Suit Against Juul for Creating the E-Cigarette Epidemic that Disrupts District-wide Education

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 25, 2020
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DJUSD Files Suit Against Juul for Creating the E-Cigarette Epidemic that Disrupts District-wide Education

(From Press Relaese - DJUSD) – Davis Joint Unified School District filed a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc ...

(From Press Relaese - DJUSD) – Davis Joint Unified School District filed a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc. for the company’s role in cultivating and fostering an e-cigarette epidemic that disrupts the ...

January 25, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Manslaughter Charges Filed against Employees of Guiding Hands in the 2018 Death of Max Benson

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2019
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Manslaughter Charges Filed against Employees of Guiding Hands in the 2018 Death of Max Benson

Nearly a year after the death of Max Benson on November 28, 2018, the El Dorado County District Attorney ...

Nearly a year after the death of Max Benson on November 28, 2018, the El Dorado County District Attorney will be filing charges against three individuals in relation to the tragic incident that left t ...

November 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Davis, Sacramento Climate Strikes Draw Thousands

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 22, 2019
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Davis, Sacramento Climate Strikes Draw Thousands

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS/SACRAMENTO – Skipping class used to be something t ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau DAVIS/SACRAMENTO – Skipping class used to be something that got you in hot water. But this past Friday, to millions of students around the world – incl ...

September 22, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis Students Prepare to Join the World Friday for Climate Strike

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2019
| (20) Comments

Davis Students Prepare to Join the World Friday for Climate Strike

All across the world, youths will be walking out of class in support of a Global Climate Strike, meant to ...

All across the world, youths will be walking out of class in support of a Global Climate Strike, meant to bring awareness to the threat of climate change and global warming. “We have to treat climate ...

September 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Research Shows We Must Figure Out Ways to Get Our Kids More Sleep

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2019
| (11) Comments

Commentary: Research Shows We Must Figure Out Ways to Get Our Kids More Sleep

The research on late start is pretty overwhelming. Studies show that teens need 8.5 to 9.5 hours of slee ...

The research on late start is pretty overwhelming. Studies show that teens need 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep, but get about 7.6 hours of sleep on average. And that’s just on average – many probably get ...

June 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Join Us on Thursday for a Discussion of Autism and Davis Schools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2019
| (15) Comments

Join Us on Thursday for a Discussion of Autism and Davis Schools

On February 14, the Vanguard ran a story on Aaron Wright, his daughter, and his experience in Davis Schoo ...

On February 14, the Vanguard ran a story on Aaron Wright, his daughter, and his experience in Davis Schools trying to provide an education for a child with autism. Aaron Wright just came out with a ne ...

April 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Discussion Shows Need for District to Talk about Career Paths

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2019
| (18) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Discussion Shows Need for District to Talk about Career Paths

The discussion on Thursday by the school board of the DJUSD Career Technical Education program (CTE) made ...

The discussion on Thursday by the school board of the DJUSD Career Technical Education program (CTE) made me realize that, instead of talking about CTE, the school district might want to re-think how ...

February 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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District Looks at Revamping Its Career Technical Education Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 22, 2019
| (10) Comments

District Looks at Revamping Its Career Technical Education Program

The Davis School Board on Thursday evening heard a presentation on how to revamp its flagging Career Tech ...

The Davis School Board on Thursday evening heard a presentation on how to revamp its flagging Career Technical Education (CTE) program. Over the next few months they hope to get the program far enoug ...

February 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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What Happens When Your Child Has Autism in Davis? Davis Schools Not As Accommodating As We Would Think

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2019
| (7) Comments

What Happens When Your Child Has Autism in Davis? Davis Schools Not As Accommodating As We Would Think

Author Talks About His Experience Getting Services for His Autistic Daughter at DJUSD Aaron Wright just c ...

Author Talks About His Experience Getting Services for His Autistic Daughter at DJUSD Aaron Wright just came out with a new book, Daisy Has Autism, a memoir of his experience with his daughter and the ...

February 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

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Family Friend Reveals More Details about the Death of Max Benson

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2019
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Family Friend Reveals More Details about the Death of Max Benson

In fact according to the documents filed by the California Department of Education, Max was physically re ...

In fact according to the documents filed by the California Department of Education, Max was physically restrained for one hour and forty-five minutes. Prone face down restraints are known to be danger ...

February 08, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Need to Examine Student Restraint Guidelines

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 27, 2018
| (8) Comments

Guest Commentary: Need to Examine Student Restraint Guidelines

By Gloria Partida On November 28th 13 year old Max Benson, who had a diagnosis of autism, died while bein ...

By Gloria Partida On November 28th 13 year old Max Benson, who had a diagnosis of autism, died while being held in a prone restraint at the non public school he attended. These sterile facts tell litt ...

December 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Community Members Gather to Remember 13 Year Old Davis Boy Who Died After Being Restrained By School

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2018
| (14) Comments

Community Members Gather to Remember 13 Year Old Davis Boy Who Died After Being Restrained By School

Parents, friends of the family and community members are demanding answers after a Davis teen, 13 year ol ...

Parents, friends of the family and community members are demanding answers after a Davis teen, 13 year old Max Benson died on November 28 after he was subjected to a restraint by a teacher at privatel ...

December 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (14) Comments

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Board Acknowledging Errors, Pulls Back on Name Change, Will Find Another Way to Honor Dr. Dolcini

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2018
| (10) Comments

Board Acknowledging Errors, Pulls Back on Name Change, Will Find Another Way to Honor Dr. Dolcini

On Thursday night, the meeting going late into the evening, but the board got out in front of the issue a ...

On Thursday night, the meeting going late into the evening, but the board got out in front of the issue and stated at onset that they would not be changing the name of North Davis Elementary to honor ...

December 21, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Continue the DHS Choral Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 24, 2018
| (4) Comments

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

| (4) Comments

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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
| (19) Comments

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

| (19) Comments

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