Disturbing Incident involving Davis High School
A few weeks ago, a Davis High School student, a 4.0 honors student heavily involved in student…
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…
Racial Achievement Gap Wide in Davis
The Davis Enterprise reported last night that while students in Davis overall performed very well on the…
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…
News Analysis: Parcel Tax in Jeopardy?
Last night at the Davis City Council Meeting, I sat by School Board Members Sheila Allen and…
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…
Criticism of the “Best Uses” Report
Last week, the “Best Uses of Schools Advisory Task Force” delivered its final report that recommended the…
Was Superintendent David Murphy Fired?
On Thursday evening, Davis Joint Unified School District Superintendent David Murphy announced his retirement. Reading from a…
Task Force Recommends Valley Oak Closure
The Best Use of Schools Advisory Task Force has voted by a 6-1 margin to recommend the…
