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Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum (Video)
On March 5, the Vanguard had a discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum. The discussion covered: – What Ethnic Studies (ES) is and is not, from historical and academic perspectives;...
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My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?
Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school board members—basically everyone but Betsy Hyder, who...
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Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local...
Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, anti-racist scholars who support Ethnic Studies at the State and local levels. While Ethnic...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Sudden Change, Truncated Public Process for DJUSD –...
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Two weeks prior to students at DJUSD going back to a two-day per week in-class schedule as part of a hybrid model, the school board decided to hold a special meeting...
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Commentary: A Growing Disconnect Again on COVID As Regulations Lift Perhaps...
By David M. Greenwald It was interesting juxtaposing the language that emerged Sunday night at the school board meeting. Local officials were talking about how they were hopeful that we would locally...
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Commentary: School Board’s Truncating Public Comment Looks Even Worse Now
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – On Tuesday night the Davis City Council listened to about 35 public comments. That ran somewhat over an hour overall. They were able to hear everyone out on the issue...
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Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD
By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the school board at that time. The writer is the mother of a student in DJUSD and lives in Davis. Good Evening Staff...
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DJUSD Announces Full Return to Campuses in the Fall
By Renee Applegate DAVIS – The City of Davis and the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) discussed students returning to campus. The district announced its plans for a full regular in-person...
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Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies...
The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified School District From: Members and Leaders of the Davis and Yolo County Jewish American Community...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: School District About to Head Back into the Red
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It should be good news, despite fears of the need for massive cuts for the school district and state government in the wake of the pandemic and economic shutdown last...
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District Continues Practice of Making Interest-Free Loans from Building Fund
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Last December, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed a recommendation conveyed in a letter from Chair Donna Neville, alleging that the school...
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Bowes Leaving As Superintendent After Five Years
Superintendent John Bowes By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – The revolving door of Superintendents at DJUSD continues. John Bowes sent out a public email this morning announcing that he was taking a...
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Commentary: Revolving Door of Superintendents Just One Sign of Trouble
Superintendent John Bowes By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Former Superintendent David Murphy had to go. He couldn’t answer basic questions to the school board about what happened to an amount of...
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DJUSD Announces Departure of Dr. John Bowes and Appointment of Interim...
Superintendent John Bowes Special To the Vanguard Davis, A – Gone is Superintendent John Bowes. In is Interim Superintendent Matt Best. DJUSD announced Friday, the departure of Superintendent Dr. John...
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Declining Enrollment is Something of a Concern...
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – For years we have justified growth control policies in an effort to keep Davis the small and vibrant community that many remember from the 80s and...
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UC Davis to Start Winter in Remote Learning for a Week; DJUSD No Plans to...
Photo by Mohammad Shahhosseini on Unsplash By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – An article in the San Diego Union Tribune seemed to suggest that the University of California would be...
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Davis High Students Upset at Block Schedule
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A student organization, Students for a Two-Block Schedule, last week released a petition calling for DJUSD school board to reconsider their decision...
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Guest Commentary: My Answers to DJUSD’s Community Survey about Filling the...
By Richard McCann The Davis Joint Unified School District is searching for a new superintendent, and in an innovative step, DJUSD sponsored a series of community workshops and a survey. I was...
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Commentary: Playing with Fire on Omicron
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At the start of this calendar year, Omicron was starting to really blaze, our schools seemed not to have an effective plan to deal with the surge, so...
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Best Set to Become Next DJUSD Superintendent
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It won’t be official until April 21, but the decision has been made and, after an eight-month job search for the replacement to John Bowes, the board...
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