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Commentary: Will Davis Really Be *Fine* without Serious Changes?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2022
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Commentary: Will Davis Really Be *Fine* without Serious Changes?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In February, the San Francisco voters ousted three sch ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In February, the San Francisco voters ousted three school board members, who were seen as too focused on issues like racial justice. But several mon ...

June 24, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Best Set to Become Next DJUSD Superintendent

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2022
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Best Set to Become Next DJUSD Superintendent

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It won’t be official until April 21, but the decision ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It won’t be official until April 21, but the decision has been made and, after an eight-month job search for the replacement to John Bowes, the board ...

April 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Playing with Fire on Omicron

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2022
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Commentary: Playing with Fire on Omicron

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At the start of this calendar year, Omicron was starti ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At the start of this calendar year, Omicron was starting to really blaze, our schools seemed not to have an effective plan to deal with the surge, so ...

February 08, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: My Answers to DJUSD’s Community Survey about Filling the Superintendent Position

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 08, 2022
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Guest Commentary: My Answers to DJUSD’s Community Survey about Filling the Superintendent Position

By Richard McCann The Davis Joint Unified School District is searching for a new superintendent, and in a ...

By Richard McCann The Davis Joint Unified School District is searching for a new superintendent, and in an innovative step, DJUSD sponsored a series of community workshops and a survey. I was expectin ...

February 08, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Davis High Students Upset at Block Schedule

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2022
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Davis High Students Upset at Block Schedule

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A student organization, Students for a Two-Block Sched ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A student organization, Students for a Two-Block Schedule, last week released a petition calling for DJUSD school board to reconsider their decision ...

January 18, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Next Wave is Here, Can We Ride It Out without a Shutdown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2022
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Commentary: The Next Wave is Here, Can We Ride It Out without a Shutdown?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday I got a call from staff at my kid’s school—we were suppo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday I got a call from staff at my kid’s school—we were supposed to have a Zoom video conference but it was called off at the last moment, as it turns out t ...

January 04, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: ‘But Davis Is a Great Place, I Don’t Want It to Change’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2021
| (28) Comments

Commentary: ‘But Davis Is a Great Place, I Don’t Want It to Change’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I hear it a lot, people love the Davis community as it ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I hear it a lot, people love the Davis community as it is and do not want it to change. I get it, it’s still a relatively small community, it has ni ...

December 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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UC Davis to Start Winter in Remote Learning for a Week; DJUSD No Plans to Change at This Point

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2021
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UC Davis to Start Winter in Remote Learning for a Week; DJUSD No Plans to Change at This Point

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An article in the San Diego Union Tribune seemed to su ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An article in the San Diego Union Tribune seemed to suggest that the University of California would be starting the winter in remote learning due to ...

December 22, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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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
| (129) Comments

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
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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

| (38) Comments

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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

| (18) Comments

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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

| (4) Comments

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