Valley Oak Charter Proposal Moves Forward
The Vanguard talked with Bill Storm, a science teacher at Valley Oak who is involved heavily with…
First School Board Debate Draws Sharp Contrasts on Valley Oak and Truancy Policies
The first school board candidates debate of the 2007 Election cycle took place at Davis High School….
Polling Reveals Prospects for Valley Oak Parcel Tax Bleak
While the Davis Joint Unified School Board generally received good news from the returns from the polling…
Valley Oak Charter Plan Moving Forward Rapidly
On Wednesday evening, around 30 parents gathered at the Valley Oak Elementary School multipurpose room to discuss…
Valley Oak Elementary Update: Movement To Create Charter School for Valley Oak
In the wake of the announced closing of the Valley Oak Elementary School, the school board has…
Commentary: Looking toward options for the future of Valley Oak
The Davis Joint Unified School Board by a 3-2 vote last month voted to close Valley Oak…
District Debates Parcel Tax Renewal and Valley Oak Parcel Tax Wording
Last night the Davis Joint Unified School District took up the issue of polling to determine a…
Tuesday Briefs
Letter to Blog Editor: Lost in projection Mr. Kirk Trost was incorrect in public comment at the…
Guest Commentary: Open Letter to Valley Oak Colleagues and Community Members
Dear Valley Oak Colleagues and Community Members, When Rodney King was beaten nearly to death and his…
Keltie Jones Announces She Will Not Seek Another Term on Davis School Board
On one side of the Sunday Davis Enterprise, board president Jim Provenza announced his intention to seek…
Commentary: The School Board–Where they got it right, Where they got it wrong
It was with great sadness that the Davis Joint Unified School District made their decision in the…
3-2 Vote Moves Valley Oak Officially to the Chopping Block with only a Small Reprieve
The day began with a show of force–the force of dozens of small school children laughing and…
Editorial: KEEP VALLEY OAK OPEN
The People’s Vanguard of Davis urges the Davis Joint Unified School Board to do everything possible to…
No Decision Yet on Fate of Valley Oak
Last night, the Davis Joint Unified School Board met for nearly four hours listening to more information…
Judgement Day for Valley Oak?
Tonight it is possible that the community might know what the Davis Joint Unified Board has in…
Special Commentary: Enterprise Editorial Paints An Overly Rosy Picture of Superintendent Murphy’s Legacy
Sunday’s editorial by the Davis Enterprise, illustrates a fundamental problem with the reporting of the Enterprise–it fundamentally…
Research favors smaller schools
When the Best Uses of Schools Task Force issued their report, one of their key assumption and…
Thursday Afternoon Briefs
David Murphy’s Settlement Announcement The Davis Enterprise reported last night that “recently resigned” Superintendent David Murphy will…
Two columns on Schools in the Enterprise Miss the Mark
Dunning yesterday in his column suggested that the “town owes Murphy a standing ovation.” He suggests first:…
Interim Superintendent Hired
The Davis Joint Unified School District moved very quickly to replace the “retiring” Superintendent David Murphy. The…