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Mother Speaks to Council to Complain About Treatment of Daughter Based on Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2015
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Mother Speaks to Council to Complain About Treatment of Daughter Based on Race

During public comment at Tuesday’s city council meeting, a mother came forward to speak of her six-year-o ...

During public comment at Tuesday’s city council meeting, a mother came forward to speak of her six-year-old daughter’s treatment at Montgomery Elementary School. “Recently, just attending Davis School ...

March 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Community Once Again Breaks the Silence of Racism and Other Indignities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2015
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Community Once Again Breaks the Silence of Racism and Other Indignities

While the third annual Breaking the Silence of Racism event did not come close to matching what occurred ...

While the third annual Breaking the Silence of Racism event did not come close to matching what occurred in 2012 when 200 people packed Davis Community Chambers, the crowd on Saturday, closer to 60, s ...

March 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Research Suggests that Later Start Times Help High School Students

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 13, 2015
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Research Suggests that Later Start Times Help High School Students

Last week, the Davis school board, led by President Alan Fernandes, took action to move the district in t ...

Last week, the Davis school board, led by President Alan Fernandes, took action to move the district in the direction of implementing a policy that would adjust the start times for middle and high sch ...

February 13, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Fernandes Became President of SB; Innovation Park Calculations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 08, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: How Fernandes Became President of SB; Innovation Park Calculations

Normally the nomination and election of officers is about as interesting as watching paint dry. However, ...

Normally the nomination and election of officers is about as interesting as watching paint dry. However, as we saw back in 2011 with the city council, when there is the lack of a clear script and an o ...

December 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: New School Board Takes Shape, And the Week Ahead

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 10, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: New School Board Takes Shape, And the Week Ahead

Last week we saw the election of three new school board members: Madhavi Sunder, Barbara Archer and Tom A ...

Last week we saw the election of three new school board members: Madhavi Sunder, Barbara Archer and Tom Adams. Coupled with the May appointment and October re-appointment of Alan Fernandes, 80 percent ...

November 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why Does Granda Get a Free Ride?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 08, 2014
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My View: Why Does Granda Get a Free Ride?

It was supposed to be a "make nice" comment by the editor of the local paper in their weekly column “Chee ...

It was supposed to be a "make nice" comment by the editor of the local paper in their weekly column “Cheers and Jeers,” but they wrote: “And CHEERS to the seven candidates for the Davis Board of Educa ...

November 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Sunder’s Quick Rise to First and How She Got There

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2014
| (14) Comments

Analysis: Sunder’s Quick Rise to First and How She Got There

2014 marks an interesting year in which, both in the city council and school board races, a relative unkn ...

2014 marks an interesting year in which, both in the city council and school board races, a relative unknown newcomer was able to take the city by storm to finish first. In June, Robb Davis finished f ...

November 07, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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No Surprise in School Race: Sunder, Archer and Adams Cruise to Victory

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2014
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No Surprise in School Race: Sunder, Archer and Adams Cruise to Victory

Tom Adams and Barbara Archer were elected to the school board on Tuesday There was really no surprise i ...

Tom Adams and Barbara Archer were elected to the school board on Tuesday There was really no surprise in the school board race; the only question coming in was whether Tom Adams or Bob Poppenga woul ...

November 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 04, 2014
| (5) Comments

Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…

It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s decision on not r ...

It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s decision on not renewing volleyball coach Julie Crawford’s VSA (variable service agreement). At the time, Board ...

November 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Granda Beyond Parcel Taxes And The Vanguard

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 28, 2014
| (3) Comments

Granda Beyond Parcel Taxes And The Vanguard

by Jose Granda In our lovely town there are those who call themselves “liberals”, “progressives”, but con ...

by Jose Granda In our lovely town there are those who call themselves “liberals”, “progressives”, but contrary to what those words convey, they are the most intolerant people if you disagree with them ...

October 28, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The School Board Race, Nancy Peterson and Jose Granda

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The School Board Race, Nancy Peterson and Jose Granda

A week from tomorrow (Tuesday) the voters will get their official say in who the next three school board ...

A week from tomorrow (Tuesday) the voters will get their official say in who the next three school board members are, joining Susan Lovenburg and the appointed Alan Fernandes. The view has not changed ...

October 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Granda Responds to Peterson Question

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 25, 2014
| (10) Comments

Granda Responds to Peterson Question

By Jose J. Granda What is the biggest lesson we should take away from the Peterson scandal from last wint ...

By Jose J. Granda What is the biggest lesson we should take away from the Peterson scandal from last winter and what steps would you take as a school board member to prevent its recurrence in the futu ...

October 25, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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School Board Candidate Question #5: Nancy Peterson Aftermath

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2014
| (25) Comments

School Board Candidate Question #5: Nancy Peterson Aftermath

This is the final of five questions to the school board candidates. Question #5: What is the biggest less ...

This is the final of five questions to the school board candidates. Question #5: What is the biggest lesson we should take away from the Peterson scandal from last winter and what steps would you take ...

October 24, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Respect for All in Davis Classrooms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 14, 2014
| (4) Comments

Respect for All in Davis Classrooms

By Madhavi Sunder Schools must be safe spaces for children of all races, and for LGBT children. As School ...

By Madhavi Sunder Schools must be safe spaces for children of all races, and for LGBT children. As School Board Trustee, I will work to my utmost to ensure that all our children feel valued and respec ...

October 14, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2014
| (5) Comments

Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?

A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara Archer w ...

A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara Archer were the prohibitive front runners. We don’t have available polling data so we make use of a bun ...

October 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: Stop Looking at Volunteer Record When Evaluating School Board Candidates

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2014
| (25) Comments

Sunday Commentary II: Stop Looking at Volunteer Record When Evaluating School Board Candidates

We should have learned our lessons by now, but it doesn’t seem that we have. On October 7, 2012, the Ente ...

We should have learned our lessons by now, but it doesn’t seem that we have. On October 7, 2012, the Enterprise wrote, “Peterson is the perfect blend of experience and heart. She has demonstrated thro ...

October 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Enterprise Also Endorses Archer, Adams, Sunder for DJUSD School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2014
| (3) Comments

Enterprise Also Endorses Archer, Adams, Sunder for DJUSD School Board

The Sacramento Bee and Davis Enterprise apparently agree on which three candidates should lead the DJUSD ...

The Sacramento Bee and Davis Enterprise apparently agree on which three candidates should lead the DJUSD School District. Yesterday we learned that the Bee had endorsed Tom Adams, Barbara Archer, and ...

October 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (3) Comments

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Bee Endorses Three For School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2014
| (31) Comments

Bee Endorses Three For School Board

A few weeks ago, the Vanguard analyzed the school board race and concluded that at that time it was essen ...

A few weeks ago, the Vanguard analyzed the school board race and concluded that at that time it was essentially a race for third. Nothing has happened to change that view and the question will become, ...

October 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (31) Comments

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Vanguard School Board Question #2: Common Core

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 03, 2014
| (27) Comments

Vanguard School Board Question #2: Common Core

In the second of five weekly questions, the Vanguard asked: What do you know of Common Core? How is Comm ...

In the second of five weekly questions, the Vanguard asked: What do you know of Common Core? How is Common Core being implemented in Davis? What do you think should be done to further implement Comm ...

October 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 02, 2014
| 0 comments

Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)

Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the three four ...

Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the three four year seats to make statements up to five minutes in length. Tom Adams Barbara Archer Jose Gran ...

October 02, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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