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Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 08, 2021
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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
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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

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Oversight Body Alleges District Violating Law by Failing to Pay Interest on Loan Repayments to Measure M Fund

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2020
| (9) Comments

Oversight Body Alleges District Violating Law by Failing to Pay Interest on Loan Repayments to Measure M Fund

By David M. Greenwald On Tuesday evening, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed ...

By David M. Greenwald On Tuesday evening, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed a recommendation and letter from Chair Donna Neville, alleging that the school district is in v ...

December 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (9) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2020
| (8) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointin ...

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointing the fingers at anyone because we are in a tough spot that no one anticipated a year ago. Last ...

December 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 16, 2020
| (16) Comments

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
| (1) Comment

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
| (13) Comments

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
| (8) Comments

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

| (8) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Clean Up on Aisle Vanguard

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2020
| 0 comments

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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