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Challenger Bob Poppenga Holds Commanding Fundraising Edge

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2016
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Challenger Bob Poppenga Holds Commanding Fundraising Edge

In a race against two incumbents, the challenger is leading the way, at least on the money front. Bob Po ...

In a race against two incumbents, the challenger is leading the way, at least on the money front. Bob Poppenga, in his second race for school board, has expanded upon his fundraising edge in the late ...

October 01, 2016
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School Board Weekly Question 2: Teacher Recruitment Efforts (Updated with Granda’s response)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 30, 2016
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School Board Weekly Question 2: Teacher Recruitment Efforts (Updated with Granda’s response)

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a ...

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a word limit of roughly 350. Please also see the Vanguard Candidate’s forum from Sunday, Septembe ...

September 30, 2016
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Analysis: Hotly Contested Three-Person Race For Two Spots on School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2016
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Analysis: Hotly Contested Three-Person Race For Two Spots on School Board

People keep asking me my assessment of the school board race for Davis Joint Unified. It is tough to pre ...

People keep asking me my assessment of the school board race for Davis Joint Unified. It is tough to predict these things, as we have limited polling and limited insight into voter mindset. We have t ...

September 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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We Need Bob Poppenga on the Davis School Board

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 27, 2016
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We Need Bob Poppenga on the Davis School Board

by Jessica Chabot Do we need a Science professor on the Davis School Board? Yes we do! In Bob Poppenga, w ...

by Jessica Chabot Do we need a Science professor on the Davis School Board? Yes we do! In Bob Poppenga, we Davis residents have an important opportunity to have a Board member who is not only a Univer ...

September 27, 2016
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Letters Supporting School Board Candidates and Parcel Tax

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 26, 2016
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Letters Supporting School Board Candidates and Parcel Tax

(Editor’s note: The Vanguard accepts “Letters from the Community” supporting candidates or addressing oth ...

(Editor’s note: The Vanguard accepts “Letters from the Community” supporting candidates or addressing other issues. Any article under 400 words is considered a “letter” and will be published in the “ ...

September 26, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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School Board Weekly Question 1: Challenges Facing the School District (Updated with Granda Answer)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 24, 2016
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School Board Weekly Question 1: Challenges Facing the School District (Updated with Granda Answer)

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a ...

Every week until the election, we will have a question for the DJUSD School Board Candidates. We have a word limit of roughly 350. Please also see the Vanguard Candidate's forum from Sunday, Septembe ...

September 24, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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DJUSD Candidate’s Forum Hosted by the Vanguard (Video)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 21, 2016
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DJUSD Candidate’s Forum Hosted by the Vanguard (Video)

In addition to providing coverage, regularly, on the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of ...

In addition to providing coverage, regularly, on the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Education, the Davis Vanguard has been committed to informing the community about the current ...

September 21, 2016
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Candidates Clash on School Funding, Parcel Tax at Vanguard School Board Forum

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 19, 2016
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Candidates Clash on School Funding, Parcel Tax at Vanguard School Board Forum

By Nicholas von Wettburg The Davis Vanguard hosted a School Board Candidates Forum at the Community Chamb ...

By Nicholas von Wettburg The Davis Vanguard hosted a School Board Candidates Forum at the Community Chambers on Sunday. Participating in the event were the four candidates, who are running for two ope ...

September 19, 2016
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Spring Test Results Given to Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2016
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Spring Test Results Given to Board

By Nicholas von Wettberg The Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Education heard a repor ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg The Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Education heard a report on the results of spring tests at its regular meeting on Thursday night. In 2014, the Califor ...

September 18, 2016
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District Has Spent Over $17 Thousand on Response to Office for Civil Rights Investigation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2016
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District Has Spent Over $17 Thousand on Response to Office for Civil Rights Investigation

The Vanguard has learned that the Davis Joint Unified School District has $17,363.07 in legal fees pertai ...

The Vanguard has learned that the Davis Joint Unified School District has $17,363.07 in legal fees pertaining to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education investigation reg ...

September 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Poppenga Leads Money Race; Is Fernandes the One in Trouble?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 02, 2016
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Analysis: Poppenga Leads Money Race; Is Fernandes the One in Trouble?

The Bob Poppenga campaign put out a release yesterday highlighting strong first half fundraising numbers ...

The Bob Poppenga campaign put out a release yesterday highlighting strong first half fundraising numbers for the second-time challenger. The numbers are a little dated, as the filing period ended Jun ...

September 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Are We Doing Enough for Preschool in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 02, 2016
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Are We Doing Enough for Preschool in Davis?

By Nicholas von Wettberg Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Superintendent Dr. John Bowes welcom ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Superintendent Dr. John Bowes welcomed a guest to the school board meeting on Thursday night. In attendance at the Community Chambe ...

September 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Board to Hear Presentation on Preschool Programs

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 29, 2016
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Board to Hear Presentation on Preschool Programs

By Nicholas von Wettberg Picking up where they left off in June, the Davis School Board will hear a distr ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg Picking up where they left off in June, the Davis School Board will hear a district-led presentation on ways to close the achievement/opportunity gap. Up for discussion, and p ...

August 29, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Parcel Tax Likely to Be a Non-Issue this Election

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Parcel Tax Likely to Be a Non-Issue this Election

The parcel tax might have been a more interesting question had the school board chosen to take a differen ...

The parcel tax might have been a more interesting question had the school board chosen to take a different path – one that the Vanguard supported and at least two of the candidates (incumbents Alan Fe ...

August 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Jose Granda Announces Another Run for School Board

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 21, 2016
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Jose Granda Announces Another Run for School Board

Elect A Different Candidate (From Jose Granda Press Release) With the theme “Elect a Different Candidate ...

Elect A Different Candidate (From Jose Granda Press Release) With the theme “Elect a Different Candidate” Jose J, Granda, PhD, an engineering professor at California State University, Sacramento, s ...

August 21, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Board To Hear Climate Update, YouthTruth Results

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 16, 2016
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Board To Hear Climate Update, YouthTruth Results

By Nicholas von Wettberg Results of the YouthTruth Student Survey, a climate assessment given to Davis Jo ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg Results of the YouthTruth Student Survey, a climate assessment given to Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) students, will be presented at the regular school board mee ...

August 16, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: SB Race Primed for Intriguing Match Up, Potential AIM Referendum

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: SB Race Primed for Intriguing Match Up, Potential AIM Referendum

In general, I prefer elections with more, not less, candidates. But the school board election, with pote ...

In general, I prefer elections with more, not less, candidates. But the school board election, with potentially as few as three candidates, could prove to be among the most interesting in recent time ...

August 08, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The Narrative is Part of the Problem with AIM

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: The Narrative is Part of the Problem with AIM

The Vanguard reported on Friday and Saturday that the OCR (Office for Civil Rights) was looking into alle ...

The Vanguard reported on Friday and Saturday that the OCR (Office for Civil Rights) was looking into allegations that the school district is “discriminating against students on the basis of race /nati ...

August 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Fernandes Becomes the Third to Announce for Davis School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 07, 2016
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Fernandes Becomes the Third to Announce for Davis School Board

With a week left to file, there are now three candidates for two seats on the Davis School Board, as Davi ...

With a week left to file, there are now three candidates for two seats on the Davis School Board, as Davis School Board Trustee Alan Fernandes announced his intent to file for re-election to the Davis ...

August 07, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Office For Civil Rights Opens Investigation into Whether AIM Program is Discriminatory

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2016
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Office For Civil Rights Opens Investigation into Whether AIM Program is Discriminatory

One of the biggest complaints about the changes to the AIM program was the drastic reduction in the parti ...

One of the biggest complaints about the changes to the AIM program was the drastic reduction in the participation, particularly by black and Hispanic students, in the new program compared to the old p ...

August 06, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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