Normally the nomination and election of officers is about as interesting as watching paint dry. However, ...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Fernandes Became President of SB; Innovation Park Calculations
Monday Morning Thoughts: How Fernandes Became President of SB; Innovation Park Calculations
Normally the nomination and election of officers is about as interesting as watching paint dry. However, as we saw back in 2011 with the city council, when there is the lack of a clear script and an o ...
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No Surprise in School Race: Sunder, Archer and Adams Cruise to Victory
No Surprise in School Race: Sunder, Archer and Adams Cruise to Victory
Tom Adams and Barbara Archer were elected to the school board on Tuesday There was really no surprise i ...
Tom Adams and Barbara Archer were elected to the school board on Tuesday There was really no surprise in the school board race; the only question coming in was whether Tom Adams or Bob Poppenga woul ...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: To New Beginnings
Monday Morning Thoughts: To New Beginnings
It is Election Day on Tuesday, which means an end to the torment of the never ending attack ads in the Am ...
It is Election Day on Tuesday, which means an end to the torment of the never ending attack ads in the Ami Bera-Doug Ose congressional race, the Tom Torlakson-Marshall Tuck race, and the Prop. 46 cam ...
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No Election For Alan Fernandes
No Election For Alan Fernandes
Alan Fernandes was appointed by the School Board in early May. By state law, the vacancy created in early ...
Alan Fernandes was appointed by the School Board in early May. By state law, the vacancy created in early March, when Nancy Peterson resigned, had to be filled within sixty days or the county would be ...
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DJUSD Forum Addresses Transparency, LGBT Issues and DHS Starting Time
DJUSD Forum Addresses Transparency, LGBT Issues and DHS Starting Time
We are rolling out more of the responses from Wednesday’s forum. We apologize for the delay, but the site ...
We are rolling out more of the responses from Wednesday’s forum. We apologize for the delay, but the site transfer along with the length of the candidate’s forum has made this a much slower process th ...
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Should the School District Allow the Parcel Taxes to Expire?
Should the School District Allow the Parcel Taxes to Expire?
On Wednesday, the school board candidates were asked to weigh in on the parcel tax and whether it should ...
On Wednesday, the school board candidates were asked to weigh in on the parcel tax and whether it should be allowed to expire or whether they would support renewal. Specifically they were asked: “Give ...
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Analysis: A Game Changer For the School Board
Analysis: A Game Changer For the School Board
For years, it seemed, the school board was about one thing – holding off the economic collapse just long ...
For years, it seemed, the school board was about one thing – holding off the economic collapse just long enough, through community charity and fundraising drives from the Davis Schools Foundation, alo ...
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School Board Candidates Meet at Vanguard-DMA Forum (Video Now Posted)
School Board Candidates Meet at Vanguard-DMA Forum (Video Now Posted)
Last night over 100 people attended the first DJUSD School Board Candidates forum at the Davis Community ...
Last night over 100 people attended the first DJUSD School Board Candidates forum at the Davis Community Church in an event co-hosted by the Davis Vanguard and Davis Media Access. The candidates answe ...
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New School Board Events
New School Board Events
Delaine Eastin Cohosts Fall Kickoff for Sunder Former State Superintendent for Public Instruction Delaine ...
Delaine Eastin Cohosts Fall Kickoff for Sunder Former State Superintendent for Public Instruction Delaine Eastin spoke powerfully in favor of Madhavi Sunder’s campaign for Davis School Board at an eve ...
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CSEA Endorses Adams, Archer, Fernandes For DJUSD
CSEA Endorses Adams, Archer, Fernandes For DJUSD
The California School Employees Association Davis Chapter #572 announced Tuesday that the organization ha ...
The California School Employees Association Davis Chapter #572 announced Tuesday that the organization has endorsed Tom Adams and Barbara Archer for the four-year seats on the Davis Joint Unified Boar ...
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Democrats Endorse Archer, Nolan, Sunder for DJUSD School Board
Democrats Endorse Archer, Nolan, Sunder for DJUSD School Board
The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) announced today its candidate endorsements for the upcoming Novem ...
The Yolo County Democratic Party (YCDP) announced today its candidate endorsements for the upcoming November election. In the local school board race, they followed the recommendations of the DTA from ...
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Sunday Commentary: Democracy Imperiled?
Sunday Commentary: Democracy Imperiled?
In March of this year, Nancy Peterson, embroiled in a lengthy controversy, stunned many in the community ...
In March of this year, Nancy Peterson, embroiled in a lengthy controversy, stunned many in the community when she resigned from the school board seat less than 15 months into her four-year term. At th ...
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DJUSD Candidate Pool Swells to Eight But Fernandes Still Unopposed
DJUSD Candidate Pool Swells to Eight But Fernandes Still Unopposed
The number of candidates has swollen to eight for four DJUSD School Board seats, but Alan Fernandes remai ...
The number of candidates has swollen to eight for four DJUSD School Board seats, but Alan Fernandes remains the only candidate for the two-year seat to which he was appointed in May. That appointment ...
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Five DJUSD Board Candidates File Financials; Sunder Leads the Way with $18,000 Raised
Five DJUSD Board Candidates File Financials; Sunder Leads the Way with $18,000 Raised
There are currently five candidates who have filed for the DJUSD school board race, and the Vanguard has ...
There are currently five candidates who have filed for the DJUSD school board race, and the Vanguard has received the filings from each. Thus far, Barbara Archer, Bob Poppenga, Madhavi Sunder and Chuc ...
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Sunday Commentary: School Board Appointment Gives Fernandes a Free Seat
Sunday Commentary: School Board Appointment Gives Fernandes a Free Seat
At the outset, I want to make this clear this is not about Alan Fernandes. In fact, I would give Mr. Fern ...
At the outset, I want to make this clear this is not about Alan Fernandes. In fact, I would give Mr. Fernandes credit here, there was no reason that he had to run for reelection in the two-year seat w ...
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Fernandes Announces Run for Two Year DJUSD Seat
Fernandes Announces Run for Two Year DJUSD Seat
On Friday, School Board Trustee Alan Fernandes announced his decision to run for the remaining two years ...
On Friday, School Board Trustee Alan Fernandes announced his decision to run for the remaining two years of the seat he was appointed to earlier this year. “I am running for the trustee position to co ...
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Barbara Archer Becomes First Candidate to File
Barbara Archer Becomes First Candidate to File
The filing period for school board has opened and Barbara Archer has become the first to file for the pre ...
The filing period for school board has opened and Barbara Archer has become the first to file for the presumed to be open school board seat. Barbara Archer, longtime community volunteer and PR profess ...
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DTA Endorses Four For Fall
DTA Endorses Four For Fall
The filing period for school board candidates in the fall has not even opened, but the Davis Teachers Ass ...
The filing period for school board candidates in the fall has not even opened, but the Davis Teachers Association already has their slate of candidates set. Already there were likely to be three open ...
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DJUSD Begins Revising Complaint Procedure; Emphasis on Restorative Practices
DJUSD Begins Revising Complaint Procedure; Emphasis on Restorative Practices
The volleyball scandal early this year exposed the district’s complaint procedure as being out of date an ...
The volleyball scandal early this year exposed the district’s complaint procedure as being out of date and too inflexible to attempt to handle matters at a lower level than a formal complaint. On Thur ...
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Analysis: School Board Rushes to Unanimous Decision to Appoint Fernandes
Analysis: School Board Rushes to Unanimous Decision to Appoint Fernandes
With three amply qualified candidates, it appeared the school board could not go wrong as they embarked o ...
With three amply qualified candidates, it appeared the school board could not go wrong as they embarked on their Monday afternoon meeting, which was supposed to begin at 4 pm but started closer to 4:1 ...
| by David Greenwald