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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2020
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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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Guest Commentary: Measure B Deserves an ‘A’ for Helping Education in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Measure B Deserves an ‘A’ for Helping Education in Davis

By Donna Neville Please support Measure B on the November 3 ballot. Despite the ”B” in its name, the mea ...

By Donna Neville Please support Measure B on the November 3 ballot. Despite the ”B” in its name, the measure deserves an “A” for putting forward a plan that will boost our schools and foster a strong ...

November 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: District Responds to Williams’ Critique – $1.3 Million Projection Is Sound

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2020
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My View: District Responds to Williams’ Critique – $1.3 Million Projection Is Sound

By David M. Greenwald On Friday, Matt Williams accused the school district and city of adding “funny mone ...

By David M. Greenwald On Friday, Matt Williams accused the school district and city of adding “funny money” to the Measure B argument. His core argument is that the ballot argument for Measure B whic ...

October 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Public Comment to DJUSD School Board Last Night — Funny Money in Measure B Argument?

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: October 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Public Comment to DJUSD School Board Last Night — Funny Money in Measure B Argument?

by Matt Williams The following Public Comment was submitted by e-mail to the DJUSD School Board with copy ...

by Matt Williams The following Public Comment was submitted by e-mail to the DJUSD School Board with copy to DJUSD CFO Amari Watkins. The Public Comment was read into the record by Superintendent Joh ...

October 16, 2020
| by Matt Williams

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Clean Up on Aisle Vanguard

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Clean Up on Aisle Vanguard

By David M. Greenwald County May Have the District Boundaries Correct, but What a Mess Following the anno ...

By David M. Greenwald County May Have the District Boundaries Correct, but What a Mess Following the announcement by the Yolo Elections Office on Friday about wrong district boundaries, we got a numbe ...

October 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Darrah Runs Unopposed for Seat on DJUSD Board Area 2

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2020
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Darrah Runs Unopposed for Seat on DJUSD Board Area 2

Special To the Vanguard Lea Darrah, an advocate for children for more than 20 years, will be representing ...

Special To the Vanguard Lea Darrah, an advocate for children for more than 20 years, will be representing the Davis School Board as Trustee for Area 2. Under recently adopted policy, the Davis Joint U ...

September 12, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Fernandes Won’t Seek Re-Election Either – Three New Board Members Come December

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2020
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Fernandes Won’t Seek Re-Election Either – Three New Board Members Come December

In 2014, three board members who had served nine years each decided not to seek re-election. At the same ...

In 2014, three board members who had served nine years each decided not to seek re-election. At the same time, Nancy Peterson, embroiled in scandal, resigned. That meant by the end of 2014, there we ...

August 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Darrah Enters the Race for School Board in 2nd District

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2020
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Darrah Enters the Race for School Board in 2nd District

Twice Lea Darrah has attempted to go the route of appointment, back in 2018 as well as this year. But now ...

Twice Lea Darrah has attempted to go the route of appointment, back in 2018 as well as this year. But now she will enter as a candidate for what might be an open school board position. Alan Fernandes ...

August 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The School Board Misread the Moment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2020
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Commentary: The School Board Misread the Moment

When the school board evaluated their selection to replace Cindy Pickett early this month they made the p ...

When the school board evaluated their selection to replace Cindy Pickett early this month they made the pick as though we were still playing under 2018 rules—quite literally—as in they selected the sa ...

July 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Asmundson, Running for the Open Seat, Talks about Her Candidacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2020
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Asmundson, Running for the Open Seat, Talks about Her Candidacy

Vigdis Asmundson already has a household name in Davis, thanks to her parents Vigfus and Ruth, both of wh ...

Vigdis Asmundson already has a household name in Davis, thanks to her parents Vigfus and Ruth, both of whom are former Davis mayors—Ruth having served twice, in 2004 and 2008. Vigdis was a finalist f ...

July 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Petition Drive Certified, Appointment of Klineberg Nullified

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2020
| (63) Comments

Petition Drive Certified, Appointment of Klineberg Nullified

On Thursday, Superintendent John Bowes during his comments noted that an appointment process was used to ...

On Thursday, Superintendent John Bowes during his comments noted that an appointment process was used to appoint a replacement to Cindy Pickett, whose term would have expired in December 2022. The res ...

July 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Did What They Had To, This Should Not Be on Teachers, It’s On Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Did What They Had To, This Should Not Be on Teachers, It’s On Us

When the school district made their decision last week to not re-open physical schools I was relieved. B ...

When the school district made their decision last week to not re-open physical schools I was relieved. Believe me—I know that distance learning is suboptimal and it will hurt my kids in the short ter ...

July 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Will Open with 100 Percent Distance Learning on August 26

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2020
| (47) Comments

DJUSD Will Open with 100 Percent Distance Learning on August 26

As it turned out the school board was not going to have much choice—but nevertheless during a special mee ...

As it turned out the school board was not going to have much choice—but nevertheless during a special meeting on Friday morning, the DJUSD Board of Education and Superintendent Bowes announced a recom ...

July 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Something Pretty Extraordinary Happened This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2020
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Commentary: Something Pretty Extraordinary Happened This Week

It seems that everything comes together—in two weeks it will make the 14th anniversary of my founding of ...

It seems that everything comes together—in two weeks it will make the 14th anniversary of my founding of the Davis Vanguard. The impetus for that foundation was the June 2006 shutdown of the Davis Hu ...

July 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 16, 2020
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Letter: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

By Davis Phoenix Coalition The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to join the growing chorus of voices ex ...

By Davis Phoenix Coalition The Davis Phoenix Coalition would like to join the growing chorus of voices expressing disappointment in the DJUSD Board. On July 2nd, the four members appointed a replacem ...

July 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2020
| (75) Comments

They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg ...

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg to fill the vacancy left by Cindy Pickett will go to the voters in November in a special elect ...

July 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2020
| (50) Comments

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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Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 11, 2020
| (35) Comments

Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made ...

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made a provisional appointment to fill a board seat vacated by the resignation of Cindy Pickett, wh ...

July 11, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Citizen Group in Davis Launches Petition to Overturn DJUSD Board Appointment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
| (68) Comments

Citizen Group in Davis Launches Petition to Overturn DJUSD Board Appointment

Last week on a 3-1 vote with Bob Poppenga in dissent, the DJUSD School Board appointed Joy Klineberg to f ...

Last week on a 3-1 vote with Bob Poppenga in dissent, the DJUSD School Board appointed Joy Klineberg to fill the School Board position held by Cindy Pickett, who stepped down on June 30 to take a posi ...

July 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Anatomy of the School Board Selection of Joy Klineberg

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 07, 2020
| (10) Comments

Anatomy of the School Board Selection of Joy Klineberg

The school board managed to get from 15 candidates to 1 in just three votes. In round 1 on June 25, each ...

The school board managed to get from 15 candidates to 1 in just three votes. In round 1 on June 25, each board member had five votes. Here is how they voted: Tom Adams: Asmundson, Fulp-Cooke, Jackson, ...

July 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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