Confusion and Misunderstanding at Root of Thursday’s School Board Meeting Complaints
Many proponents of the Valley Oak Charter school were stunned last Thursday, when a group of Spanish-speaking…
Valley Oak Supporters March For Charter School
A group of roughly 40 students, community members, and Valley Oak students marched from Valley Oak elementary…
Valley Oak March Tonight
Contact County Board of Education in Support of the Valley Oak Charter School February 21, 2008 marks…
Valley Oak Charter Petition To Be Appealed To the County
Last night at the Valley Oak multipurpose room, around 60 parents, teachers, and community members gathered braving…
Valley Oak Meeting Tonight
Dear Valley Oak Community, The effort to build Valley Oak Charter School is not over yet! Now…
The Fight For Valley Oak Marches On
A week ago at this time it seemed that the fight for the Valley Oak Charter School…
School Board Votes 4-1 To Rebuff Superintendent’s Recommendation on Charter School
In yesterday’s article, the Vanguard reported: “Contrary to our bleak assessment yesterday on Valley Oak, it appears…
Superintendent to Recommend Support for Valley Oak Charter
Contrary to our bleak assessment yesterday on Valley Oak, it appears according to published reports that late…
Valley Oak Charter Decision To Come on Thursday Night
Thursday evening in Davis figures to be one of the more important nights for two key issues….
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown…
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown…
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown…
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown the top 10 stories from year. This is the second year we have done this.
Last year we counted down the 10 Biggest Stories in Davis.
This year we countdown the 10 biggest stories that we followed on the People’s Vanguard of Davis.
We continue with the 7th biggest story: Racial and Other Strife on the High School Campus.
2007 Year in Review–10 Biggest Vanguard Stories of 2007
As the first full year of the People’s Vanguard of Davis comes to completion, we will countdown…
On the Brink of Battle Over Valley Oak A New Hope For Reconciliation Emerges
I think everyone in the room was anticipating a big showdown, perhaps something ugly, certainly something heated….
Charter School Drafters Respond to District Staff’s Resolution
As we now know, the Davis Joint Unified School District attorneys have issued an additional 20 page…
District Staff Drafts Resolution Against Charter School At Valley Oak
A District Staff drafted resolution would deny the Valley Oak charter based on three of the criteria…
School Climate Report
SchoolsLast night at the city of Davis’ Human Relations Commission, Mel Lewis, the Davis School District’s Climate Coordinator with assistance from Pam Mari, Director of Student Services presented a brief overview of the results from the Yale School Climate Survey.
For those of you who are long time Vanguard readers, you will recall back in May, we were critical of the use of this survey for the purposes ascertaining school climate. There were four versions of this survey: Elementary and Middle School, High School, Parent, and Staff. Last May we were able to obtain the Parent version and post it on the Vanguard. Mr. Lewis informed us that the results of this survey are proprietary, and therefore they cannot post the results of the survey. This is basically a $30,000 survey purchased at public expense that cannot have the full results posted–a problematic aspect to begin with.
Op-Ed Opens a Can of Worms
One of the aspects of this blog that has always fascinated me is how much of a…
