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A Message of Inclusion and Belonging

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 03, 2023
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A Message of Inclusion and Belonging

By Victor Lagunes Editor’s note: The following comments were delivered by teacher and DTA President Victo ...

By Victor Lagunes Editor’s note: The following comments were delivered by teacher and DTA President Victor Lagunes on Thursday at the School Board Meeting. I would normally tell my students that if th ...

June 03, 2023
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Davis CAN – DTA President Victor Lagunes Discusses Schools and Impact of Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 02, 2023
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Davis CAN – DTA President Victor Lagunes Discusses Schools and Impact of Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis CAN (Community Action Network) program on Su ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The Davis CAN (Community Action Network) program on Sunday fused together a number of different strands. The first speaker was Victor Lagunes, the P ...

May 02, 2023
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Commentary: Our Great Davis Schools Are in Trouble

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 30, 2022
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Commentary: Our Great Davis Schools Are in Trouble

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For a number of years I have been warning this communi ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For a number of years I have been warning this community that the great Davis school system risks coming crashing down on our heads as we look the ot ...

November 30, 2022
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Guest Commentary: DTA Continues to Advocate for What Is Best for Our Students

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: DTA Continues to Advocate for What Is Best for Our Students

By Victor Lagunes On Thursday over 200 certificated and classified staff—members of DTA and CSEA respecti ...

By Victor Lagunes On Thursday over 200 certificated and classified staff—members of DTA and CSEA respectively—gathered in solidarity at Central Park and then walked over to the school board meeting to ...

October 23, 2022
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Parcel Tax Team Sits Down to Talk as Campaign Roars into Action Down the Quick Stretch – Part I

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 08, 2020
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Parcel Tax Team Sits Down to Talk as Campaign Roars into Action Down the Quick Stretch – Part I

Here we are, exactly a week into the New Year and yet, in less than two months, California will vote not ...

Here we are, exactly a week into the New Year and yet, in less than two months, California will vote not only in the presidential primary, but also on a host of local measures – including, for Davis, ...

January 08, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: District Begins Discussion of Possible Parcel Tax to Close Teacher Compensation Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 18, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: District Begins Discussion of Possible Parcel Tax to Close Teacher Compensation Gap

On Thursday, the school board took the first step in what figures to be a long two-year process to obtain ...

On Thursday, the school board took the first step in what figures to be a long two-year process to obtain the funding needed to close the teacher compensation gap. The school board agreed to formally ...

November 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why is the Board Giving the Upper Administration Another Pay Increase?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2018
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Commentary: Why is the Board Giving the Upper Administration Another Pay Increase?

Last week, three board members (Alan Fernandes abstained and Bob Poppenga was not there) voted to give th ...

Last week, three board members (Alan Fernandes abstained and Bob Poppenga was not there) voted to give the upper administration a 3.5 percent ongoing pay increase retroactive to July 1, 2017. In addi ...

June 29, 2018
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DTA President Pushes Back on Administrative Pay Increases

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 23, 2018
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DTA President Pushes Back on Administrative Pay Increases

By Dianna Huculak At the end of the school year, educators in our district received an email from Directo ...

By Dianna Huculak At the end of the school year, educators in our district received an email from Director of secondary education Troy Allen, which among other things, told us that our students would ...

June 23, 2018
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Board Set to Approve Agreement with DTA on a New Contract

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 05, 2018
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Board Set to Approve Agreement with DTA on a New Contract

Back in March, the Davis Teachers Association and DJUSD agreed to a contract settlement signed by Deputy ...

Back in March, the Davis Teachers Association and DJUSD agreed to a contract settlement signed by Deputy Superintendent Matt Best and DTA Lead Negotiator Heather Wade on March 6. The agreements report ...

April 05, 2018
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Teachers Agree to Tentative Contract Settlement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2018
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Teachers Agree to Tentative Contract Settlement

It was just last week when about 200 teachers packed into community chambers demanding a contract settlem ...

It was just last week when about 200 teachers packed into community chambers demanding a contract settlement – on Tuesday that will actually happen. According to an agreement document, signed by Deput ...

March 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Teachers Seek Equal Solution to Unequal Pay Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 06, 2018
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Analysis: Teachers Seek Equal Solution to Unequal Pay Gap

The teacher compensation gap is real and many teachers, particularly the younger and least experienced t ...

The teacher compensation gap is real and many teachers, particularly the younger and least experienced teachers, are really disadvantaged by it. But the district’s data show that this gap is not uni ...

March 06, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Teacher Lack of Support for Parcel Tax Perplexing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2018
| (25) Comments

My View: Teacher Lack of Support for Parcel Tax Perplexing

The numbers seem pretty clear, the teachers have been working hard for the last several months to rally t ...

The numbers seem pretty clear, the teachers have been working hard for the last several months to rally the community to the idea that there is a compensation gap in the district. That teachers are d ...

March 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Let’s Settle Now

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 02, 2018
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Let’s Settle Now

By Dianna Huculak (Editor's Note: Dianna Huculak, the DTA President read the following statement last nig ...

By Dianna Huculak (Editor's Note: Dianna Huculak, the DTA President read the following statement last night at the Davis Joint Unified School Board Meeting). The Davis Teachers Association is pleased ...

March 02, 2018
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My View: Let’s Not Pretend Like Teacher Health Benefits Are Not Subpar

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 27, 2018
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My View: Let’s Not Pretend Like Teacher Health Benefits Are Not Subpar

A Dunning column from earlier this week noted with sympathy teachers' efforts to lobby the district with ...

A Dunning column from earlier this week noted with sympathy teachers' efforts to lobby the district with regard to pay and compensation. However, he offers: “While my sympathies in this battle lie squ ...

January 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Hundreds of Teachers Take to Streets to Demand Better Pay, Benefits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2018
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Hundreds of Teachers Take to Streets to Demand Better Pay, Benefits

Teachers took to the streets on Wednesday evening at three locations in Davis – Mace and Chiles, Covell a ...

Teachers took to the streets on Wednesday evening at three locations in Davis – Mace and Chiles, Covell and Pole Line, and 5th and B. Teachers have been pushing for pay increases to close a compensat ...

January 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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DTA President Speaks Out as Teachers Continue to Press Case to Close Wage Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2017
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DTA President Speaks Out as Teachers Continue to Press Case to Close Wage Gap

At the last school board meeting before the break, during her presentation to the school board, Davis Tea ...

At the last school board meeting before the break, during her presentation to the school board, Davis Teachers Association President Dianna Huculak read a letter from the Willet teachers: “Students ar ...

December 28, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Problem with Teacher Compensation is Severe, the Options Are Limited

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2017
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Sunday Commentary: The Problem with Teacher Compensation is Severe, the Options Are Limited

The stories of the struggles of teachers are heartbreaking for anyone who listens. A bright young teacher ...

The stories of the struggles of teachers are heartbreaking for anyone who listens. A bright young teacher is getting married early so she can get on her fiance's health care plan from the Sacramento S ...

October 08, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Gets an Earful from DTA President on Teacher Compensation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2017
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School Board Gets an Earful from DTA President on Teacher Compensation

The issue of teacher compensation was not on the agenda last night for the school board meeting, but that ...

The issue of teacher compensation was not on the agenda last night for the school board meeting, but that didn’t stop a few dozen parents and teachers from coming to the meeting to speak during public ...

October 06, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Teacher Talks about Addressing the Teacher Compensation Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2017
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Teacher Talks about Addressing the Teacher Compensation Gap

It has been nearly two weeks since teachers poured into the school board meeting, asking the school distr ...

It has been nearly two weeks since teachers poured into the school board meeting, asking the school district to address the compensation gap. The Vanguard spoke late last week with former DTA preside ...

September 18, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Remarks by DTA President on Teacher Compensation

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 14, 2017
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Remarks by DTA President on Teacher Compensation

By Dianna Huculak Behind me are 80 black balloons, which represent the teachers that have resigned or tak ...

By Dianna Huculak Behind me are 80 black balloons, which represent the teachers that have resigned or taken leaves of absences to never return over the past 3 years. These were 80 colleagues, friends ...

September 14, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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