Parents, Students and Community Leaders Come Before the Board Pushing for Ethnic Studies
Two weeks ago, Melissa Moreno spoke to the Davis School Board about the need for ethnic studies…
Letter: Is Trustee Flexibility Wrong Approach?
By Kristen Townsend Wallman Is it responsible to build a swimming pool in your backyard if you…
Will the District Add a Pool to Davis High School?
The school board is still somewhat early in their facilities Master Plan process. Last fall, they authorized…
Vanguard Response: Soccer Article Taken Too Narrowly
Sometime last year, I approached Dan Carson to see what role he might like to take in…
Vanguard Commentary Labeling Soccer Team As Elitists Violated Its Own Policies
By Dan Carson Yellow card, Davis Vanguard! Let’s play “fill in the blanks.” Should the following statement…
Slap on the Wrist: Davis High Soccer Program Placed on Probation for November Incident
On December 1, the Davis High Athletics program received official notification from CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) of…
Sunday Commentary: Is Soccer Incident an Embodiment of a Larger Problem?
The recent incident that resulted in the suspension of seven members of the Davis High soccer team…
Julie Crawford: Moves Forward, Back Doing What She Loves
It is 7 am in mid-July, but the Davis High School girls’ volleyball players are working hard…
DJUSD Begins Revising Complaint Procedure; Emphasis on Restorative Practices
The volleyball scandal early this year exposed the district’s complaint procedure as being out of date and…
Analysis: District Complaint Process Lacks Oversight and Transparency
Late last week, the Davis Joint Unified School District finally released four years of data on internal…
Analysis: District Releases More Comprehensive Data on Complaint Investigations
Examination of Documents Show Law Firm Associated with School District’s Attorney Has Investigated Three Complaints Per School…
Vanguard Commentary: School Board Needs to Restore Community Trust
Last night, not surprisingly, the school board took what they deemed to be the path of least…
Athletic Director Foster Speaks to Vanguard
In the list of administrative vacancies provided to the Vanguard from Matt Best, the Assistant Superintendent of…
My View: Peterson Pulls No Punches, Lands No Blows
It was expected to be a routine meeting of the school board. So much so that the…
Board Approves VSA As Nancy Peterson Speaks Out
Nancy Peterson spoke out passionately against rehiring Julie Crawford this morning at an unusual Friday morning board…
Vanguard Analysis: Community Deserves Answers from the School District
From the perspective of the Vanguard, the closure of the Julie Crawford matter, with the district last…
Analysis: District Prepared to Re-hire Crawford to Coach Girls Volleyball in Fall
In a move that will continue to fuel far more questions than answers, at least one portion…
Analysis: Lovenburg, Allen Tell Community to “Move On”
On Thursday night the Davis School Board voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s decision on not renewing…
Sunday Commentary II: District Needs to Restore Trust
Throughout this process, I have gotten a pretty clear impression that the district does not really have…
My View: The Lonesome Death of Reason and Proportionality
Should We Be Surprised by School Board Decision? – It was a long night on Thursday, sitting,…
