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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Declining Enrollment is Something of a Concern to This Community

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2021
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Declining Enrollment is Something of a Concern to This Community

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For years we have justified growth control policies in ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - For years we have justified growth control policies in an effort to keep Davis the small and vibrant community that many remember from the 80s and 90 ...

September 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Announces Departure of Dr. John Bowes and Appointment of Interim Superintendent Matt Best

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 07, 2021
| (1) Comment

DJUSD Announces Departure of Dr. John Bowes and Appointment of Interim Superintendent Matt Best

Special To the Vanguard Davis, A – Gone is Superintendent John Bowes. In is Interim Superintendent Matt ...

Special To the Vanguard Davis, A – Gone is Superintendent John Bowes. In is Interim Superintendent Matt Best. DJUSD announced Friday, the departure of Superintendent Dr. John Bowes and the Board of E ...

August 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Revolving Door of Superintendents Just One Sign of Trouble

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2021
| (9) Comments

Commentary: Revolving Door of Superintendents Just One Sign of Trouble

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Former Superintendent David Murphy had to go. He couldn’t answer basic ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Former Superintendent David Murphy had to go. He couldn’t answer basic questions to the school board about what happened to an amount of money that the board was led ...

June 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Bowes Leaving As Superintendent After Five Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2021
| (13) Comments

Bowes Leaving As Superintendent After Five Years

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The revolving door of Superintendents at DJUSD continues. John Bowes s ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The revolving door of Superintendents at DJUSD continues. John Bowes sent out a public email this morning announcing that he was taking a Superintendent position at ...

June 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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District Continues Practice of Making Interest-Free Loans from Building Fund

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2021
| (22) Comments

District Continues Practice of Making Interest-Free Loans from Building Fund

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Last December, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Last December, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed a recommendation conveyed in a letter from Chair Donna Neville, alleging that the school ...

June 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District About to Head Back into the Red

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 14, 2021
| (41) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: School District About to Head Back into the Red

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It should be good news, despite fears of the need for massive cuts for ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It should be good news, despite fears of the need for massive cuts for the school district and state government in the wake of the pandemic and economic shutdown last ...

June 14, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 23, 2021
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Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal

The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified Scho ...

The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified School District From: Members and Leaders of the Davis and Yolo County Jewish American Community W ...

May 23, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2021
| (38) Comments

Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD

By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the school board at th ...

By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the school board at that time. The writer is the mother of a student in DJUSD and lives in Davis. Good Evening Staff ...

April 10, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: A Growing Disconnect Again on COVID As Regulations Lift Perhaps Too Fast

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2021
| (4) Comments

Commentary: A Growing Disconnect Again on COVID As Regulations Lift Perhaps Too Fast

By David M. Greenwald It was interesting juxtaposing the language that emerged Sunday night at the school ...

By David M. Greenwald It was interesting juxtaposing the language that emerged Sunday night at the school board meeting. Local officials were talking about how they were hopeful that we would locally ...

March 30, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sudden Change, Truncated Public Process for DJUSD – School Board Cuts Off Public Comment After 20 Minutes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2021
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Sudden Change, Truncated Public Process for DJUSD – School Board Cuts Off Public Comment After 20 Minutes

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Two weeks prior to students at DJUSD going back to a two-day per week i ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - Two weeks prior to students at DJUSD going back to a two-day per week in-class schedule as part of a hybrid model, the school board decided to hold a special meeting ...

March 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 14, 2021
| (24) Comments

Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels

Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, an ...

Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, anti-racist scholars who support Ethnic Studies at the State and local levels. While Ethnic Studi ...

March 14, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2021
| (4) Comments

My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?

By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school board me ...

By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school board members—basically everyone but Betsy Hyder, who evidently shares their view on school re-opening. ...

March 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Canary in the Coal Mine – Declining Enrollment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2021
| (21) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Canary in the Coal Mine – Declining Enrollment

by David M. Greenwald For several years I have been warning that without a change to how the community gr ...

by David M. Greenwald For several years I have been warning that without a change to how the community grows going forward, we are facing a loss of quality of life and it will be harder to maintain ou ...

March 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: School Reopening Polling Data is Tricky, As Proponents Bank on the Issue to Drive Recall of Newsom

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 28, 2021
| (16) Comments

Sunday Commentary: School Reopening Polling Data is Tricky, As Proponents Bank on the Issue to Drive Recall of Newsom

By David M. Greenwald Everyone wants to get students back at school, but the key is it has to be safe. P ...

By David M. Greenwald Everyone wants to get students back at school, but the key is it has to be safe. Proponents of restarting now will point to methods that have been used—the CDC and other guideli ...

February 28, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Yolo Goes Back into the Red – Can It Stay This Time?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 24, 2021
| (6) Comments

Commentary: Yolo Goes Back into the Red – Can It Stay This Time?

By David M. Greenwald Twice before Yolo County has been locked down—once in the spring when the initial p ...

By David M. Greenwald Twice before Yolo County has been locked down—once in the spring when the initial pandemic wave hit, once over the summer when there was a new surge of cases, and now since Novem ...

February 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Moving Closer to In-Person Student Learning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2021
| (3) Comments

DJUSD Moving Closer to In-Person Student Learning

By David M. Greenwald Amid efforts by parents to push for the resumption of in-person instruction and ann ...

By David M. Greenwald Amid efforts by parents to push for the resumption of in-person instruction and announcements made nationally, DJUSD has developed their own model for returning to campus via a h ...

February 20, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why Are Parents in Such a Hurry to Re-Open, Especially Now?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2021
| (16) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why Are Parents in Such a Hurry to Re-Open, Especially Now?

By David M. Greenwald Slow and steady wins the race. That’s how the saying goes, but it could also be ad ...

By David M. Greenwald Slow and steady wins the race. That’s how the saying goes, but it could also be adapted to the fight against COVID. If there is a lesson for the failed policies of the last yea ...

February 07, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: A Cautious Approach to Re-Opening Makes Most Sense

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 24, 2021
| (35) Comments

Sunday Commentary: A Cautious Approach to Re-Opening Makes Most Sense

By David M. Greenwald It is one of the most contentious issues, not only in our community but across the ...

By David M. Greenwald It is one of the most contentious issues, not only in our community but across the country—when and under what circumstances to allow children to attend school in person. There ...

January 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (35) Comments

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Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 08, 2021
| 0 comments

Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest

The following is a letter sent to Superintendent John Bowes and the Trustees in support of the Measure M ...

The following is a letter sent to Superintendent John Bowes and the Trustees in support of the Measure M Oversight Committee's opinion regarding borrowing from the Measure M fund. They urge the distri ...

January 08, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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District Relies on September 30 Memo in Response to Oversight Committee Concerns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2020
| (13) Comments

District Relies on September 30 Memo in Response to Oversight Committee Concerns

By David M. Greenwald The DJUSD, in response to public concerns expressed by the Measure M Oversight Comm ...

By David M. Greenwald The DJUSD, in response to public concerns expressed by the Measure M Oversight Committee and its chair Donna Neville, is relying on a September 30 memo as their continued positio ...

December 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (13) Comments

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