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School Climate in Post-Election Season
Last week, hundreds of Davis High School students marched out of class and protested the election of Donald Trump to President. While for the most part the students were peaceful, there were...
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Commentary: Now That the Parcel Tax Has Passed…
Lost in the tumult surrounding the presidential election is the fact that, once again, the voters overwhelmingly approved the school parcel tax. While the district and campaign volunteers can now...
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Lovenburg Recognized by Board, Community
by Nicholas von Wettberg At the most recent Davis school board regular meeting, outgoing trustee Susan Lovenburg was acknowledged for her nine years of distinguished service. One by one, local...
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Superintendent Addresses School Climate and District Policy on Immigration...
Dr. John Bowes On Wednesday, at the community forum on the City of Davis’ Sanctuary City Status, Superintendent John Bowes explained the district’s policies on immigration issues and announced he would...
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Full Comments by Superintendent on Immigration and School Climate
John Bowes (Editor’s note: By request of some of our readers here are the full comments by DJUSD Superintendent John Bowes as well as a few selected comments by Board Member Madhavi Sunder). by John...
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Has Yuba Community College Trustee Acted with Impropriety?
by Cynthia Dior I enjoy games, don’t you? Let’s play a game. The game is called “Twenty Questions.” We’ll not deal with generalities, such as “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” Rather, I will ask...
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Sunday Commentary: School Board Shows No Urgency to Fix AIM Shortcoming
Alan Fernandes in September 2015 A year ago, when the first round of AIM (Alternative Instructional Model) testing results came out, they showed that very few black and Hispanic students had qualified...
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Superintendent Message on Transgender Student Protections
(The following was sent to parents on Friday, February 24, 2017) On February 9, 2017, the Davis School Board approved the We All Belong Resolution providing a clear and transparent statement that DJUSD...
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Sunday Commentary: Should the District Be Able to Reserve Affordables for...
Last week a reader pointed us toward a potential issue of controversy. On Sunday, Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning wrote a column on the 41-unit development at Grande Village. Given its...
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Parents Concerned about DJUSD Decision on AIM program at Pioneer School
In February, the Vanguard reported that DJUSD School Board Member Madhavi Sunder had requested a February hearing for the AIM program, but was overruled on a 3-2 vote by her colleagues, with Bob...
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Commentary: Not Late Enough (Start)?
In the last few years, the Davis School District has been looking into ways to start classes later, following “an abundance of compelling research that supports the delaying of school start times.” The...
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Citrus Circuits Wins Competition and Advances
Written by the Citrus Circuits Students Citrus Circuits, the robotics team from Davis, California, recently won their eighth regional competition in a row at Sacramento Regional, hosted at UC Davis....
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Superintendent Recommends Ending AIM Program
John Bowes On Thursday night, several board members told the Vanguard that they were caught off guard by a lengthy presentation by new Superintendent John Bowes that recommended ending the AIM program....
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Children of Privilege
By Tia Will This is going to be a completely anecdotal story about myself and my children. I write it to illustrate a point about our society and our community. I start with full disclosure so that...
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Public Remains Divided on the Future of AIM
The school board listened to about 90 minutes of public comment from around 25 people on Thursday following the presentation by Superintendent John Bowes. It was a mix of different viewpoints and...
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Board Passes a Series of Motions on AIM
This is the third part of our coverage of Thursday evening’s school board discussion on AIM. School Superintendent John Bowes made a lengthy presentation (captured here) laying out his analysis of...
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Commentary: Can We Bridge the AIM Divide?
One of the reasons the Vanguard spent three articles in an attempt to unpack the AIM meeting is because, if you simply look at the end results – the motions that were passed and the votes – you...
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Commentary: The Problem of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies with AIM
Beginning in the spring of 2015 and ending in the fall, AIM became one of the most contentious issues in the school district, and for good reason. While it seems most people supported the end of...
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My View: Is AIM an Elite Program? And is That a Bad Thing?
This week several people on both sides of the AIM issue suggested that we are missing the boat with the AIM discussion – the reality is that this is an elite program. It is by design, and our...
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Dispute Arises Over School Board Agendizing Policies
Back in early February, Board Member Madhavi Sunder had requested a February hearing for the AIM program, but was overruled on a 3-2 vote by her colleagues, with Bob Poppenga joining her on the short...
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