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DJUSD Will Open with 100 Percent Distance Learning on August 26

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2020
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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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Citizen Group in Davis Launches Petition to Overturn DJUSD Board Appointment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
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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
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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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Board of Education and Superintendent Statement on Racial Injustice

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 05, 2020
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Board of Education and Superintendent Statement on Racial Injustice

The following message was posted earlier this week... This spring has been difficult for our entire commu ...

The following message was posted earlier this week... This spring has been difficult for our entire community, as our daily life has changed so dramatically from what we could have imagined just a few ...

June 05, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Tough Call but the Right Call on Schools – Here’s Why

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 14, 2020
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My View: Tough Call but the Right Call on Schools – Here’s Why

This week began with a call by me for a calm and cautious approach, but events unfurled rapidly and chang ...

This week began with a call by me for a calm and cautious approach, but events unfurled rapidly and changed the calculus of what such an approach looked like. Shutting down schools, limiting public e ...

March 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The End of Great Schools in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2020
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My View: The End of Great Schools in Davis?

Every election year it seems we run into the same scenario—there are 10,000 more ballots to be counted, i ...

Every election year it seems we run into the same scenario—there are 10,000 more ballots to be counted, it’s a relatively close outcome, therefore, we have to wait to call the race. The problem is th ...

March 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Measure G Campaign Officials, Board Members Discuss Status of Returns, Next Steps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2020
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Measure G Campaign Officials, Board Members Discuss Status of Returns, Next Steps

The Vanguard analysis suggests an uphill battle, however, officials are not conceding defeat just yet and ...

The Vanguard analysis suggests an uphill battle, however, officials are not conceding defeat just yet and some believe there may be reason for optimism. “There are many ballots yet to be counted,” Boa ...

March 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Letter Writer Gets It Wrong on Measure G

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Letter Writer Gets It Wrong on Measure G

We have not seen a lot of opposition to the parcel tax, but the few objections that we have seen have sig ...

We have not seen a lot of opposition to the parcel tax, but the few objections that we have seen have significant errors. The letter from Randy Chinn in the local paper provides a pretty good example ...

February 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: How and Why the School Board Put Forth the Parcel Tax to the Voters

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 13, 2020
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Guest Commentary: How and Why the School Board Put Forth the Parcel Tax to the Voters

By Joe DiNunzio At the invitation of the Davis Vanguard, the following article is a rather detailed overv ...

By Joe DiNunzio At the invitation of the Davis Vanguard, the following article is a rather detailed overview of the process the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) undertook during 2019 that l ...

February 13, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: The District Doesn’t Have Many Alternatives

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2020
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Commentary: The District Doesn’t Have Many Alternatives

There is a belief that the district could solve a lot of its fiscal problems through better efficiency. T ...

There is a belief that the district could solve a lot of its fiscal problems through better efficiency. The reality is that is probably not true. For one thing, Alan Fernandes engaged with a consultan ...

January 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Measure G Campaign Explains Why We Need Another Parcel Tax – Part II

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2020
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Measure G Campaign Explains Why We Need Another Parcel Tax – Part II

Last week the Vanguard sat down with two school board members, Joe DiNunzio and Alan Fernandes, as well a ...

Last week the Vanguard sat down with two school board members, Joe DiNunzio and Alan Fernandes, as well as Victor Lagunes, the DTA president, to talk about the need for another parcel tax that would a ...

January 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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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
| by David Greenwald

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My View: School Board Had Limited Options on Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2020
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My View: School Board Had Limited Options on Parcel Tax

Before the school board put the parcel tax on the ballot, they did something very unusual – they had a su ...

Before the school board put the parcel tax on the ballot, they did something very unusual – they had a subcommittee meet for about six months to discuss the options, go over the finances, and understa ...

January 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Ballot Arguments for School Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 02, 2020
| (61) Comments

Ballot Arguments for School Parcel Tax

With the city council election joining the school board in moving to the fall, the biggest question on th ...

With the city council election joining the school board in moving to the fall, the biggest question on the March ballot – basically two months away now – will be whether voters will approve the school ...

January 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 09, 2019
| (6) Comments

Sales Tax Campaign – Measure Q – Kicks Off with a Press Conference in the Park

Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central P ...

Mayor Brett Lee, Former Senator Lois Wolk, Councilmember Dan Carson and many others gathered in Central Park on Friday afternoon as they held a press conference to support Measure Q, the renewal to th ...

November 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Proposed Parcel Tax Language Comes Forward for School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2019
| (65) Comments

Proposed Parcel Tax Language Comes Forward for School Board

After what has been nearly a year of discussion about the parcel tax and an even longer discussion on the ...

After what has been nearly a year of discussion about the parcel tax and an even longer discussion on the concerns about the compensation gap for teachers, the district has come forward with draft lan ...

October 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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District Comes Forward with Language for a Permanent $198 Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2019
| (52) Comments

District Comes Forward with Language for a Permanent $198 Parcel Tax

Two weeks ago, the DJUSD School Board approved in concept the placement of a $198 parcel tax on the ballo ...

Two weeks ago, the DJUSD School Board approved in concept the placement of a $198 parcel tax on the ballot that would close the teacher compensation gap. They asked for district staff to come back wi ...

September 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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School Board to Put $198 Parcel Tax on the Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2019
| (66) Comments

School Board to Put $198 Parcel Tax on the Ballot

For much of this year, the school board led by subcommittee Alan Fernandes and Joe DiNunzio examined the ...

For much of this year, the school board led by subcommittee Alan Fernandes and Joe DiNunzio examined the DJUSD finances, looked at potential ways to cut costs and increased revenues, and wound up with ...

September 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should the District Do?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 10, 2019
| (30) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should the District Do?

The school board has a tough call to make. The polling that came back is right in the gray area, as we h ...

The school board has a tough call to make. The polling that came back is right in the gray area, as we have noted in previous commentaries. On the one hand, right now, 65 percent of likely voters in ...

June 10, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Being Forced to Go to District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 20, 2019
| (18) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Being Forced to Go to District Elections

On Thursday, the board listened to a presentation from attorney David Soldani, who argued that the distri ...

On Thursday, the board listened to a presentation from attorney David Soldani, who argued that the district had little choice but to approve a resolution moving the district to a system whereby each m ...

May 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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