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Commentary: No Parcel Tax for November, So Let’s Re-Think This
Alan Fernandes always knew it would be an uphill battle to get a parcel tax on the ballot for November, needing 6000 signatures – even under the best of circumstances. However, there were enough...
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Commentary: Big Question for the School Board is What They Will Do About...
Madhavi Sunder poses with Mayor Robb Davis on her final day A school board seat has become vacant as the result of Madhavi Sunder departing for a position at Georgetown Law School and forgoing the...
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School Board to Accept Applications for Replacement to Sunder
On Thursday, the school board met for a total of 25 minutes, half of which was to figure out how to fill a vacancy. Given the timing of Madhavi Sunder’s resignation, the board could not by law leave...
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My View: What If Schools and School Funding Are Outside the Hands of Our...
On Thursday, the school board took time out from its summer recess to hold a meeting that lasted all of 25 minutes. During that time, Alan Fernandes explained where he stood with his parcel tax, and...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Give the Voters a Clean Choice for School Board
A comment by School Board Member Bob Poppenga has triggered some conversation. On Thursday, as the board was deciding on a process to select a replacement trustee for Madhavi Sunder, Mr. Poppenga...
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Pickett Officially Files for Candidacy in School Board Race; Will Not Seek...
(From Press Release) – Cindy Pickett, an associate professor of psychology at UC Davis, became the second official candidate for the Davis school board in the November election. She filed at the...
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Adams to Run for Re-Election
Tom Adams has filed paperwork to run for a second term on the DJUSD School Board. He was first elected to the board in November 2014, and has worked for the California Department of Education in...
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DiNunzio Files and Becomes Candidate for School Board
(From Press Release) – Davis resident and parent Joe DiNunzio became an official candidate in the race for the Davis School Board after filing with the Yolo County Elections office this past Wednesday....
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Three School Board Candidates File for November Election; Barbara Archer Does...
The biggest surprise on Friday was that Barbara Archer, who was elected to the school board in 2014, did not file papers for re-election by the 5 pm deadline on Friday. That means there are two open...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What the School Board Race Looks Like after the...
Many were surprised to learn that Barbara Archer has decided not to seek reelection for the school board seat she first won in 2014. In an interview with the local paper, she did not offer much in...
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Commentary: Why I Applied for the School Board and a Whole Lot More
Thursday will definitely go down as one of the stranger days since I have been covering the news in Davis starting in July 2006. The upshot: we have a race for school board (sort of), a new...
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My View: We Operate in Silos but Live in One Community
For months (at the very least) I have been talking about the fact that we live in a community that has nice amenities and services, but, without an influx of revenue, we will not be able to maintain...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Only Four Candidates for School Board?
Cindy Pickett at her campaign booth Four years ago, following the Nancy Peterson saga, there were three open school board seats, but a total of seven candidates vying for those seats. That doesn’t...
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The Year of the Woman of Color in Davis
Photo: Gloria Partida (right) talks with Melissa Moreno (front left) and Cindy Pickett (rear left) in front of the “Statement of Love” mural on the rear of the Odd Fellows building. Painting and Mosaic...
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Governor Signs Davis Unified Parcel Tax Exemption Bill
(From Press Release) – Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill from Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, that will allow the Davis Joint Unified School District to waive its district parcel tax for teachers and school...
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Sunday Commentary: It Will Take More Than Parcel Tax Exemptions
Governor Jerry Brown last week signed a bill sponsored by Senator Bill Dodd that will allow DJUSD “to waive its district parcel tax for teachers and school district employees, making housing more...
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A Decade Later, Former Superintendent Murphy Remains Tied to Total School...
David Murphy The Vanguard has received material relating to County Board of Education Candidate David Murphy and his still ongoing relationship with Total School Solutions. In his conflict of interest...
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Sunday Commentary: School Funding Argument by Measure L Opponents Makes...
On Thursday, opponents of Measure L had a piece that the Vanguard published. Their argument is that WDAAC does not meet real housing needs for Davis. It is an argument I am somewhat sympathetic to...
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Commentary: No Parcel Tax for November, So Let’s Re-Think This
Alan Fernandes always knew it would be an uphill battle to get a parcel tax on the ballot for November, needing 6000 signatures – even under the best of circumstances. However, there were enough...
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Commentary: Big Question for the School Board is What They Will Do About...
Madhavi Sunder poses with Mayor Robb Davis on her final day A school board seat has become vacant as the result of Madhavi Sunder departing for a position at Georgetown Law School and forgoing the...
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