Board Approves State Letter on Ethnic Studies, Pushes Further
Community groups have been pushing for changes to the district’s ethnic studies policies for the last few…
Commentary: District Elections Coming, Like Them or Not – Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing
A certain columnist believes that if Davis citizens had been given a chance to vote on district…
Commentary: Why Wait for the State on Ethnic Studies?
The school board this week has a letter asking for Senator Connie Leyva and Assemblymember Jose Medina…
School Board Drafts Letter in Support of Statewide Bill Making Ethnic Studies a Graduation Requirement
While community members have pushed for DJUSD to implement its own local ethnic studies program for the…
Proponents Continue to Push for Ethnic Studies
Another group of community members came forward Thursday night during public comment, pushing for the DJUSD School…
Letter: Call for Ethnic Studies in Davis Schools
At a recent Davis school board meeting, over 20 students, teachers and parents called for Davis Joint…
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…
Concern Raised about Lack of Ethnic Studies at DJUSD
Last week Melissa Moreno, speaking as a parent and community member, was watching the DJUSD discussion of…
LCAP Plan Called Out for Lack of Addressing Latino Students, Ethnic Studies
During public comment on Thursday during the Davis School Board meeting, Melissa Moreno, elected to the Yolo…
2018 in Review: Women of Color Win in Davis
Back in August, the Vanguard ran a story featuring then Mayor Pro Tem Gloria Partida and candidates…
The Year of the Woman of Color in Davis
Back in June, when Gloria Partida became the first Latina elected to the Davis City Council, she…
My View: Adding School Resource Officers on Campus Not a Good Idea
The parcel tax proposal puts many in this community into a quandary. On the one hand, the…
School Board Re-Evaluates Discipline Policy in Wake of Student Walk Out and Pending Actions Scheduled for the 20th
Sunder Questions Whether District May Not Be Consistent with Case Law for Student Protests While the district…
Board to Look at Discipline Policies Stemming from Student Walk Out
DJUSD attracted regional attention when the Sacramento Bee back in mid-March ran a story, “This district in…
LA Unified Encouraged Students to Participate in the 17-Minute Program, DJUSD Threatened to Punish Theirs
Statement by Board Trustee Madhavi Sunder (Madhavi Sunder, Board Trustee, made the following statement at March 15,…
My View: We Have Failed Montgomery, Montgomery Has Not Failed Us
Late on Thursday evening, the DJUSD School Board moved forward with proposed changes that would phase out…
District to Examine Discipline Policies after Complaints Following Student Walk Out
It was a story that drew attention across the community and across the region, as the Bee…
My View: Fear Itself – Why Davis Should Not Install Metal Detectors at Its Schools
Columnist Bob Dunning, discussing the potential threat at Harper this week, noted that while most of us…
Commentary: DJUSD Needs to Be Careful about Adding Police to Campus
Last Thursday’s discussion on school safety seemed to foreshadow the threat that emerged late in the day…
MLK Speaker Calls Davis a City Full of Contradictions, Critiques Race Relations
Speaker: The city’s outward affluence masks a surprising poverty This year’s keynote speaker at the Davis MLK…
