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…
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…
Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal
The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified School…
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)…
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…
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…
Commentary: A Growing Disconnect Again on COVID As Regulations Lift Perhaps Too Fast
By David M. Greenwald It was interesting juxtaposing the language that emerged Sunday night at the school…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Sudden Change, Truncated Public Process for DJUSD – School Board Cuts Off Public Comment After 20 Minutes
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Two weeks prior to students at DJUSD going back to…
Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels
Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, anti-racist scholars who…
My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?
By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school…
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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Canary in the Coal Mine – Declining Enrollment
by David M. Greenwald For several years I have been warning that without a change to how…
Vanguard Webinar: Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public Forum
On March 5, at 7 pm, join the Vanguard’s discussion panel on Yolo County Ethnic Studies Public…
Sunday Commentary: School Reopening Polling Data is Tricky, As Proponents Bank on the Issue to Drive Recall of Newsom
By David M. Greenwald Everyone wants to get students back at school, but the key is it…
DJUSD Moving Closer to In-Person Student Learning
By David M. Greenwald Amid efforts by parents to push for the resumption of in-person instruction and…
Is It Time? Legislation Looks at a School Re-Opening for April?
By David M. Greenwald COVID cases are down across the country, vaccines are slowly but surely getting…
Guest Commentary: Stop Being Patient When It Comes to Re-Opening Schools
By Tristan Leong Editor’s note: Tristan Leong is a Davis resident, a parent with kids at DJUSD,…
Sunday Commentary: Why Are Parents in Such a Hurry to Re-Open, Especially Now?
By David M. Greenwald Slow and steady wins the race. That’s how the saying goes, but it…
Sunday Commentary: A Cautious Approach to Re-Opening Makes Most Sense
By David M. Greenwald It is one of the most contentious issues, not only in our community…
Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest
The following is a letter sent to Superintendent John Bowes and the Trustees in support of the…
