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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
| by David Greenwald

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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
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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
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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
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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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Board Gets First Look at New Superintendent

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 05, 2016
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Board Gets First Look at New Superintendent

By Nicholas von Wettberg With their summer break over it was back to business for the Davis Joint Unified ...

By Nicholas von Wettberg With their summer break over it was back to business for the Davis Joint Unified School District school board, which met Thursday night at the Community Chambers. All five tru ...

August 05, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Poppenga Files for Second School Board Run

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 21, 2016
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Poppenga Files for Second School Board Run

(from Press Release) - Bob Poppenga, a faculty veterinarian at UC Davis, became the first official candid ...

(from Press Release) - Bob Poppenga, a faculty veterinarian at UC Davis, became the first official candidate for the Davis school board in the November election. He filed at the Yolo County Elections ...

July 21, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Did the School Board Shoot Too Low?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Did the School Board Shoot Too Low?

There was an interesting point raised last week by Ron Glick, and captured by Nicholas von Wettberg in hi ...

There was an interesting point raised last week by Ron Glick, and captured by Nicholas von Wettberg in his article yesterday in the Vanguard, questioning the time of discussion on the amount of the pa ...

July 04, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Meet and Greet Bob Poppenga, Candidate For Davis School Board, This Fourth of July At Community Park!

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 30, 2016
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Meet and Greet Bob Poppenga, Candidate For Davis School Board, This Fourth of July At Community Park!

Bob Poppenga, candidate for Davis School Board in this November’s election, welcomes you to meet him and ...

Bob Poppenga, candidate for Davis School Board in this November’s election, welcomes you to meet him and his supporters at his booth this Fourth of July at Community Park starting at 4 p.m. Come lear ...

June 30, 2016
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School Board Decides On $620, Eight-Year Parcel Tax

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 29, 2016
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School Board Decides On $620, Eight-Year Parcel Tax

by Nicholas von Wettberg Come November, Davis voters will have a school parcel tax on the ballot of $620 ...

by Nicholas von Wettberg Come November, Davis voters will have a school parcel tax on the ballot of $620 annually for eight years. At a special meeting on Tuesday morning, the Davis Joint Unified Scho ...

June 29, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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School Board to Determine Amount of Parcel Tax to Put on Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2016
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School Board to Determine Amount of Parcel Tax to Put on Ballot

At a special meeting today at 8:30 am, and continuing to a Wednesday night meeting, the school board must ...

At a special meeting today at 8:30 am, and continuing to a Wednesday night meeting, the school board must approve a tax resolution by June 30 in order for the Yolo County Elections Office to place the ...

June 28, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: School Board to Hold Two Special Meetings This Week to Decide the Parcel Tax

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2016
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Analysis: School Board to Hold Two Special Meetings This Week to Decide the Parcel Tax

Currently, the school district relies on the approximately $9.5 million dollars from the parcel tax to su ...

Currently, the school district relies on the approximately $9.5 million dollars from the parcel tax to supply about 12 percent of district funding. Under the LCFF (Local Control Funding Formula), DJU ...

June 27, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Lovenburg to Run for a Third Term on the School Board

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2016
| (9) Comments

Lovenburg to Run for a Third Term on the School Board

Davis School Board Member Susan Lovenburg has announced this weekend she will be running for re-election ...

Davis School Board Member Susan Lovenburg has announced this weekend she will be running for re-election in November. Ms. Lovenburg has served on the Davis School Board since 2007, having received th ...

June 12, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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