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…
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…
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…
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 district…
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 in…
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…
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…
Threat to Harper Turns Out to Be a Hoax
On Friday, DJUSD sent out a notice to parents of Harper Junior High students that there was…
School Board Sees Disproportionality in Montgomery Program
“This is about race, this is about opting out of a school, and this is about segregation.”…
Sunday Commentary: This Is Not an Issue (Just) about AIM, It Is about (Lack of) Transparency
In many ways the current school board was elected in the wake of the Nancy Peterson scandal…
Children of Privilege
By Tia Will This is going to be a completely anecdotal story about myself and my children….
Citrus Circuits Wins Competition and Advances
Written by the Citrus Circuits Students Citrus Circuits, the robotics team from Davis, California, recently won their…
Commentary: Not Late Enough (Start)?
In the last few years, the Davis School District has been looking into ways to start classes…
Parents Concerned about DJUSD Decision on AIM program at Pioneer School
In February, the Vanguard reported that DJUSD School Board Member Madhavi Sunder had requested a February hearing…
Student Center Provides Opportunities for Low Income and Special Needs Kids
by Madhavi Sunder (Editor’s note: Board President Madhavi Sunder delivered these brief remarks on Tuesday at the…
School Board Hears Mental Health Services Update
By Nicholas von Wettberg Working to ensure the social and emotional health of all students has become…
Economic Development Series: Impact of Public Schools on a Community’s Economic Development
By Bob Poppenga The relationship between public schools and local economic development is often overlooked in community…
Davis 1000 Mentors for Youth Challenge
By Michelle Millet As the number of children in Davis who live in poverty continues to grow,…
Board Policies Are Squeezing the Life out of AIM
by Debbie Nichols-Poulos This spring, only 82 students qualified for the fourth-grade AIM program, almost half of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Discovering Talented Black and Hispanic Students
The numbers came back bleak, from the standpoint of the new AIM program being able to identify…