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Commentary: Revolving Door of Superintendents Just One Sign of Trouble

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2021
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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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Commentary: School Board’s Truncating Public Comment Looks Even Worse Now

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2021
| (1) Comment

Commentary: School Board’s Truncating Public Comment Looks Even Worse Now

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - On Tuesday night the Davis City Council listened to about 35 public com ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - On Tuesday night the Davis City Council listened to about 35 public comments. That ran somewhat over an hour overall. They were able to hear everyone out on the issue ...

April 08, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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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: Clean Up on Aisle Vanguard

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 12, 2020
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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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Fernandes Won’t Seek Re-Election Either – Three New Board Members Come December

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2020
| (16) Comments

Fernandes Won’t Seek Re-Election Either – Three New Board Members Come December

In 2014, three board members who had served nine years each decided not to seek re-election. At the same ...

In 2014, three board members who had served nine years each decided not to seek re-election. At the same time, Nancy Peterson, embroiled in scandal, resigned. That meant by the end of 2014, there we ...

August 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Darrah Enters the Race for School Board in 2nd District

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2020
| (4) Comments

Darrah Enters the Race for School Board in 2nd District

Twice Lea Darrah has attempted to go the route of appointment, back in 2018 as well as this year. But now ...

Twice Lea Darrah has attempted to go the route of appointment, back in 2018 as well as this year. But now she will enter as a candidate for what might be an open school board position. Alan Fernandes ...

August 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The School Board Misread the Moment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2020
| (59) Comments

Commentary: The School Board Misread the Moment

When the school board evaluated their selection to replace Cindy Pickett early this month they made the p ...

When the school board evaluated their selection to replace Cindy Pickett early this month they made the pick as though we were still playing under 2018 rules—quite literally—as in they selected the sa ...

July 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Asmundson, Running for the Open Seat, Talks about Her Candidacy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2020
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Asmundson, Running for the Open Seat, Talks about Her Candidacy

Vigdis Asmundson already has a household name in Davis, thanks to her parents Vigfus and Ruth, both of wh ...

Vigdis Asmundson already has a household name in Davis, thanks to her parents Vigfus and Ruth, both of whom are former Davis mayors—Ruth having served twice, in 2004 and 2008. Vigdis was a finalist f ...

July 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Petition Drive Certified, Appointment of Klineberg Nullified

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2020
| (63) Comments

Petition Drive Certified, Appointment of Klineberg Nullified

On Thursday, Superintendent John Bowes during his comments noted that an appointment process was used to ...

On Thursday, Superintendent John Bowes during his comments noted that an appointment process was used to appoint a replacement to Cindy Pickett, whose term would have expired in December 2022. The res ...

July 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Did What They Had To, This Should Not Be on Teachers, It’s On Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2020
| (51) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: School District Did What They Had To, This Should Not Be on Teachers, It’s On Us

When the school district made their decision last week to not re-open physical schools I was relieved. B ...

When the school district made their decision last week to not re-open physical schools I was relieved. Believe me—I know that distance learning is suboptimal and it will hurt my kids in the short ter ...

July 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Will Open with 100 Percent Distance Learning on August 26

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2020
| (47) Comments

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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They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 15, 2020
| (75) Comments

They Needed 658 Signatures, They Got Over 1700 – It Appears Special Election Will Qualify

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg ...

Barring something truly extraordinary, it appears that the school board decision to appoint Joy Klineberg to fill the vacancy left by Cindy Pickett will go to the voters in November in a special elect ...

July 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 11, 2020
| (35) Comments

Letter: We Are Seeking 800 Signatures to Place Vacated DJUSD Seat on the November Ballot

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made ...

By Robb Davis On Thursday July, 2, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Trustees made a provisional appointment to fill a board seat vacated by the resignation of Cindy Pickett, wh ...

July 11, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Citizen Group in Davis Launches Petition to Overturn DJUSD Board Appointment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
| (68) Comments

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
| (10) Comments

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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Letter: People of Color Repressed by a Decision-Making Body

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 05, 2020
| (3) Comments

Letter: People of Color Repressed by a Decision-Making Body

By Tracy Tomasky Discussions following the school board’s decision to fill Dr. Pickett’s seat exposed man ...

By Tracy Tomasky Discussions following the school board’s decision to fill Dr. Pickett’s seat exposed many deep feelings. As I listen, I grow increasingly frustrated that people of color are again rep ...

July 05, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (3) Comments

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With Apologies to Alan Fernandes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2020
| (18) Comments

With Apologies to Alan Fernandes

Over the last few days, I have written on numerous occasions that the school board is all-white and have ...

Over the last few days, I have written on numerous occasions that the school board is all-white and have expressed concern about the board being tone deaf on their appointment process. What I did not ...

July 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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Voters Could Put School Board Appointment to a Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2020
| (89) Comments

Voters Could Put School Board Appointment to a Vote

If voters are angry about the appointment process, they have the option of petitioning it and put it to a ...

If voters are angry about the appointment process, they have the option of petitioning it and put it to a vote in November. For the second time in a row, the Davis School Board replaced the only woma ...

July 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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School Board Narrows the Selection Down to Six to Replace Cindy Pickett

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2020
| (8) Comments

School Board Narrows the Selection Down to Six to Replace Cindy Pickett

The school board did not lack for quality replacements for Cindy Pickett on Thursday. They were able to ...

The school board did not lack for quality replacements for Cindy Pickett on Thursday. They were able to quickly narrow the field of 15 down to 6. On a night when her colleagues honored her, and when ...

June 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Pickett Reflects on Her Short Tenure on the Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2020
| (1) Comment

Pickett Reflects on Her Short Tenure on the Board

Tonight Cindy Pickett gets to do something most officeholders do not get to do—preside over the meeting i ...

Tonight Cindy Pickett gets to do something most officeholders do not get to do—preside over the meeting in which her replacement is filled. June 30 is her last day, and, while she is not voting on he ...

June 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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