By Chuck Rairdan Despite the stream of well-informed, first-hand testimonials of numerous community membe ...
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Change is Good–As Long As the Changes Are Too
Change is Good–As Long As the Changes Are Too
By Chuck Rairdan Despite the stream of well-informed, first-hand testimonials of numerous community members — including past and present teachers, former school board trustees, concerned parents and s ...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Wasn’t 2014 School Board Election About GATE?
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Wasn’t 2014 School Board Election About GATE?
The supporters of the current GATE/AIM program have complained repeatedly that the proposal to change the ...
The supporters of the current GATE/AIM program have complained repeatedly that the proposal to change the GATE/AIM program caught them off guard. Board Vice President Madhavi Sunder stated, “There was ...
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AIM-Gate in the Making: A Parade of Follies
AIM-Gate in the Making: A Parade of Follies
by Chuck Rairdan In light of the newly revived skirmishes on the GATE/AIM front, it would appear we are i ...
by Chuck Rairdan In light of the newly revived skirmishes on the GATE/AIM front, it would appear we are in for another long, hot summer in school board chambers. And, it turns out, the devil is in the ...
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Potential Health Effects of Wi-Fi in Our Schools
Potential Health Effects of Wi-Fi in Our Schools
By Chuck Rairdan I can certainly be counted among those who support the application of technology to impr ...
By Chuck Rairdan I can certainly be counted among those who support the application of technology to improve learning conditions in our schools. With the rapid advance of new technologies and other in ...
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Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…
Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…
It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s decision on not r ...
It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s decision on not renewing volleyball coach Julie Crawford’s VSA (variable service agreement). At the time, Board ...
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School Board Candidate Question #5: Nancy Peterson Aftermath
School Board Candidate Question #5: Nancy Peterson Aftermath
This is the final of five questions to the school board candidates. Question #5: What is the biggest less ...
This is the final of five questions to the school board candidates. Question #5: What is the biggest lesson we should take away from the Peterson scandal from last winter and what steps would you take ...
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Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?
Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?
A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara Archer w ...
A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara Archer were the prohibitive front runners. We don’t have available polling data so we make use of a bun ...
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Vanguard School Board Question #2: Common Core
Vanguard School Board Question #2: Common Core
In the second of five weekly questions, the Vanguard asked: What do you know of Common Core? How is Comm ...
In the second of five weekly questions, the Vanguard asked: What do you know of Common Core? How is Common Core being implemented in Davis? What do you think should be done to further implement Comm ...
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Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)
Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)
Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the three four ...
Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the three four year seats to make statements up to five minutes in length. Tom Adams Barbara Archer Jose Gran ...
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School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap
School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap
At the school board candidates' forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to ...
At the school board candidates' forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to respond to our question on the achievement gap, so we have asked it as the first of five weekly ...
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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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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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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 ...
| by David Greenwald