DHS Events Show Both the Promise and Problems of Race in Davis
As adviser Dr. Jann Murray-Garcia said in her introduction last night, “Adults, I wish we could just…
History Repeats: “Racial Climate Assessment Report” Reads as Though it Was Written Today
As we discussed last week, the school board listened to District Climate Coordinator Mel Lewis discuss the…
Davis Joint Unified School District Begins to Tackle Diversity Issues
Last night at the school board meeting, there were two presentations, one made by Mel Lewis, the…
“School Climate Survey” Missing Key Issues
In response to the Harper Junior High School incident last fall where a student was repeatedly harassed…
DHS Suspension: Why isn’t this issue resolved?
A few weeks ago, we reported that the high school under pressure from the school board and…
Commentary: The Issue of Race Relations Reaching a Boiling Point on the Davis High Campus
On Wednesday, I received a request from Bernita Toney to have space to present her case for…
Guest Commentary: Interim Superintendent Richard Whitmore Response to STAR Boycott
Interim Superintendent Richard Whitmore has written this response to Bernita Toney’s call for a boycott of the…
Guest Commentary: Parents Call for Boycott of STAR Program
Parents of Black children and other parents supporting justice for all children are asked to have their…
DHS Student’s Suspension Ends Early
Apparently Davis School district’s upper administration and school board have stepped up in a large way to…
Update on DHS Student Suspension
Last week we reported on a Davis High School Student who was purportedly suspended from high school…
Update on the Suspension of DHS Student
A few more details have become available on circumstances leading to the suspension of a Davis High…
Commentary: Incident Represents the Latest in a String
To be honest, I do not even know where or when to start with this, but to…
Text of the Speech that Got DHS Student Suspended
The following is the text of the speech that got the student suspended for three days. Remember…
Disturbing Incident involving Davis High School
A few weeks ago, a Davis High School student, a 4.0 honors student heavily involved in student…
Racial Achievement Gap Wide in Davis
The Davis Enterprise reported last night that while students in Davis overall performed very well on the…
New Harassment Policy in Schools Moving Toward Completion
Schools On Thursday Night, the Davis Joint Unified School Board took the next steps toward completing a…
District Takes First Step Toward Tough New Anti-Harassment Policy
The People’s Vanguard of Davis first reported on this incident on November 10 involving the harassment of…
New Revelations in the Fischer Harassment Case
In the latest in what now has to be described as an escalating situation at Harper Junior…
Monday Briefs
Setting the facts straight about lawsuit against school district There seems to be a great deal of…
Second Family to File Suit Against School District
A second student has stepped forward and is alleging that he was harassed while at Harper Junior…
