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Commentary: Measure J Is Firmly in Place, Community Discussion Should Focus on Schools and Equity Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2022
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Commentary: Measure J Is Firmly in Place, Community Discussion Should Focus on Schools and Equity Issues

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There seems to be a notion in some quarters in Davis t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – There seems to be a notion in some quarters in Davis that if you can’t get projects through the Measure J process, the answer is to get rid of Measur ...

October 21, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Will Davis Really Be *Fine* without Serious Changes?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2022
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Commentary: Will Davis Really Be *Fine* without Serious Changes?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In February, the San Francisco voters ousted three sch ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In February, the San Francisco voters ousted three school board members, who were seen as too focused on issues like racial justice. But several mon ...

June 24, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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My View: DiSC Isn’t Going to Turn Davis into Elk Grove

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 28, 2022
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My View: DiSC Isn’t Going to Turn Davis into Elk Grove

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For those people who argue they don’t want to turn Dav ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For those people who argue they don’t want to turn Davis into Natomas or Elk Grove—I get it. I don’t want to either. I don’t think anyone does. An ...

May 28, 2022
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Legislation Introduced to Remove Personal Exemption Loophole for COVID School Vaccinations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2022
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Legislation Introduced to Remove Personal Exemption Loophole for COVID School Vaccinations

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Monday, Senator Richard Pan introduced the Keep Schools Open ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Monday, Senator Richard Pan introduced the Keep Schools Open and Safe Act, to close the personal belief exemption loophole for school-based vaccination requ ...

January 25, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Next Wave is Here, Can We Ride It Out without a Shutdown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 04, 2022
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Commentary: The Next Wave is Here, Can We Ride It Out without a Shutdown?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday I got a call from staff at my kid’s school—we were suppo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday I got a call from staff at my kid’s school—we were supposed to have a Zoom video conference but it was called off at the last moment, as it turns out t ...

January 04, 2022
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Commentary: ‘But Davis Is a Great Place, I Don’t Want It to Change’

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 31, 2021
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Commentary: ‘But Davis Is a Great Place, I Don’t Want It to Change’

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I hear it a lot, people love the Davis community as it ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I hear it a lot, people love the Davis community as it is and do not want it to change. I get it, it’s still a relatively small community, it has ni ...

December 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Davis Needs Housing, but Not There of Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2021
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Sunday Commentary: Davis Needs Housing, but Not There of Course

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The comment from the NY Times video that resonated mos ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The comment from the NY Times video that resonated most with me was when Binyamin Appelbaum pointed out, if you go to these meetings, “it’s always th ...

November 14, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 14, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointin ...

By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not pointing the fingers at anyone because we are in a tough spot that no one anticipated a year ago. Last ...

December 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: No In-Person School for This Family

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: No In-Person School for This Family

Last Monday, nine of our interns in the SF Court Watch program and I went down to San Francisco Superior ...

Last Monday, nine of our interns in the SF Court Watch program and I went down to San Francisco Superior Court—it was my first visit since March 13. We were pushing the court to make streaming video ...

July 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: DJUSD and Measure R/J

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 19, 2020
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Guest Commentary: DJUSD and Measure R/J

By Mario Salvagno In order to maintain existing schools and operations, DJUSD imports 650 of their studen ...

By Mario Salvagno In order to maintain existing schools and operations, DJUSD imports 650 of their students from surrounding towns. The number continues to increase and may grow by an additional 1,000 ...

May 19, 2020
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BREAKING NEWS: Davis Schools to Close through APRIL 12 (UPDATED at 1:25)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2020
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BREAKING NEWS: Davis Schools to Close through APRIL 12 (UPDATED at 1:25)

DAVIS UPDATE: DJUSD announced that, in consultation with both the Yolo County Health Department and legal ...

DAVIS UPDATE: DJUSD announced that, in consultation with both the Yolo County Health Department and legal counsel, the district will close its schools until at least April 12, beginning on Monday. Sup ...

March 13, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Declining Quality of Life in Davis without Intervention

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 19, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Declining Quality of Life in Davis without Intervention

Yesterday the Vanguard ran two separated but really related articles – the first expressed commentary on ...

Yesterday the Vanguard ran two separated but really related articles – the first expressed commentary on a new contract for DCEA (Davis City Employees Association). The second was commentary on a new ...

November 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monsanto’s Roundup Discontinued in the Woodland School District

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 10, 2018
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Monsanto’s Roundup Discontinued in the Woodland School District

(From Press Release) - The Woodland Coalition for Green Schools commends the Woodland Joint Unified Schoo ...

(From Press Release) - The Woodland Coalition for Green Schools commends the Woodland Joint Unified School in finally taking its first steps towards a comprehensive reform of its pest management syste ...

October 10, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: School Funding Argument by Measure L Opponents Makes Little Sense

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 07, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: School Funding Argument by Measure L Opponents Makes Little Sense

On Thursday, opponents of Measure L had a piece that the Vanguard published. Their argument is that West ...

On Thursday, opponents of Measure L had a piece that the Vanguard published. Their argument is that West Davis Active Adult Community (WDAAC) does not meet real housing needs for Davis. It is an arg ...

October 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Don’t Arm School Police

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 03, 2017
| (1) Comment

Don’t Arm School Police

By Harold Jordan There is an emerging national debate about school policing. It is not about whether scho ...

By Harold Jordan There is an emerging national debate about school policing. It is not about whether school police should be armed but about how best to improve school environments and ensure student ...

April 03, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Cal School Districts Support Challenge to Trump on Immigration

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 25, 2017
| (1) Comment

Cal School Districts Support Challenge to Trump on Immigration

(From Press Release) - Dozens of California school districts and leading education organizations today an ...

(From Press Release) - Dozens of California school districts and leading education organizations today announced the filing of an amicus brief supporting Santa Clara County in its legal challenge to P ...

March 25, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Racial Disparities in Student Arrests Is an Epidemic

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 05, 2017
| (1) Comment

Racial Disparities in Student Arrests Is an Epidemic

By Sarah Hinger Black students make up 15.5 percent of school enrollment nationwide but a staggering 33.4 ...

By Sarah Hinger Black students make up 15.5 percent of school enrollment nationwide but a staggering 33.4 percent of students arrested. This alarming finding comes from Education Week’s analysis of th ...

February 05, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Time to Address School Policing Issues

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 08, 2016
| (5) Comments

Time to Address School Policing Issues

By Harold Jordan Interactions between young people and police don’t occur just on the streets of America ...

By Harold Jordan Interactions between young people and police don’t occur just on the streets of America — they’re happening in our nation’s K-12 schools, too. Increasingly police have become “embedde ...

October 08, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: The Canary in the Coal Mine

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 03, 2016
| (41) Comments

Sunday Commentary: The Canary in the Coal Mine

It is easy to read the 24/7 Wall St. listing of Davis as the 45th worst place to live in America with def ...

It is easy to read the 24/7 Wall St. listing of Davis as the 45th worst place to live in America with defensive disbelief. After all, as someone who chose to live in Davis despite the high cost of ho ...

July 03, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Mayors For Freedom to Marry; CFDs and Parcel Taxes; Innovative Communities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2015
| (103) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Mayors For Freedom to Marry; CFDs and Parcel Taxes; Innovative Communities

Will Davis Join Mayors for Freedom to Marry? According to the staff report, Mayor Wolk received a request ...

Will Davis Join Mayors for Freedom to Marry? According to the staff report, Mayor Wolk received a request from the co-chairs of Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, a group of mayors across the country wh ...

February 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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