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With Apologies to Alan Fernandes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2020
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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

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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

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Davis School Board to Fill Vacancy Left by Cindy Pickett – 15 People Apply

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2020
| (15) Comments

Davis School Board to Fill Vacancy Left by Cindy Pickett – 15 People Apply

Davis - Cindy Pickett has announced she will vacate her seat effective next Tuesday, June 30. On Thursda ...

Davis - Cindy Pickett has announced she will vacate her seat effective next Tuesday, June 30. On Thursday of this week, the school board will be acting to fill out her term, which expires at the end ...

June 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Poppenga Discusses Decision Not to Run for Re-Election

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2020
| (1) Comment

Poppenga Discusses Decision Not to Run for Re-Election

Davis - Bob Poppenga, a one-term school board member elected in 2016, announced last week that he would n ...

Davis - Bob Poppenga, a one-term school board member elected in 2016, announced last week that he would not be seeking a new term. He becomes the second board member to announce they are leaving—last ...

June 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Pickett to Step Down from School Board at the End of June

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2020
| (4) Comments

Pickett to Step Down from School Board at the End of June

Cindy Pickett was elected only about 18 months ago, but on Thursday on Facebook and Twitter she announced ...

Cindy Pickett was elected only about 18 months ago, but on Thursday on Facebook and Twitter she announced she had accepted a position as DePaul University’s Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and ...

May 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2020
| (11) Comments

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

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 13, 2020
| (16) Comments

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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Board Receives Update on Ethnic Studies in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 17, 2020
| (17) Comments

Board Receives Update on Ethnic Studies in Davis

The DJUSD School Board on Thursday received an update on the status of the Ethnic Studies program. Admin ...

The DJUSD School Board on Thursday received an update on the status of the Ethnic Studies program. Administration recommended that the board appoint in future meetings an Ethnic Studies Task Force wi ...

January 17, 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
| (35) Comments

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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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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Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2019
| (20) Comments

Commentary: Errors in Dunning Column Lead to Wrong Conclusions on City Demographics

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Ma ...

In a column that appeared in the Sunday, September 1, paper, Bob Dunning writes that he sent a note to Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida “asking what she thinks about our sudden move to district elections. ...

September 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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DJUSD Goes through Its Own Process for District Elections

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 05, 2019
| (3) Comments

DJUSD Goes through Its Own Process for District Elections

Because the school district proactively decided to address the issue of district elections, it has enable ...

Because the school district proactively decided to address the issue of district elections, it has enabled them to dictate the pace a bit more than the city, which has responded to a letter by Matt Re ...

September 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: School District Needs to Be More Transparent in Posting of Documents Ahead of Meetings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2019
| (3) Comments

Commentary: School District Needs to Be More Transparent in Posting of Documents Ahead of Meetings

It was interesting watching the school board meeting last week. The proposal by the school district to m ...

It was interesting watching the school board meeting last week. The proposal by the school district to make changes to the Da Vinci program, including the potential movement of the preschool, was pla ...

June 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: DJUSD Moves to District Elections for Board Trustees

Posted by Grace Bassett
|Date: May 25, 2019
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: DJUSD Moves to District Elections for Board Trustees

by Grace Bassett The board's decision to adopt district elections and move away from at-large elections o ...

by Grace Bassett The board's decision to adopt district elections and move away from at-large elections of future board members feels rushed, preemptive, and primarily motivated by 1) fear of losing p ...

May 25, 2019
| by Grace Bassett

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Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2019
| (53) Comments

Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during th ...

Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies during their discussion of the LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan). At the time, both the boar ...

May 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Concern Raised about Lack of Ethnic Studies at DJUSD

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 09, 2019
| (18) Comments

Concern Raised about Lack of Ethnic Studies at DJUSD

Last week Melissa Moreno, speaking as a parent and community member, was watching the DJUSD discussion of ...

Last week Melissa Moreno, speaking as a parent and community member, was watching the DJUSD discussion of the LCAP (Local Control and Accountability Plan). She became concerned when a slide placed “e ...

May 09, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Board Discusses Alternatives to Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2019
| (21) Comments

Board Discusses Alternatives to Parcel Tax

On Thursday, the Davis Joint Unified School Board had an informational item ahead of a potential June vot ...

On Thursday, the Davis Joint Unified School Board had an informational item ahead of a potential June vote to place a parcel tax on a 2020 ballot. Associate Superintendent Matt Best calculated that t ...

May 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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