Interview with School Board Candidate Susan Lovenburg
Each day this week, the Vanguard will have an interview with one of the candidates for school…
Measure Q: The School Parcel Tax Funds Vital Programs for All Davis Students
One of the most important items on the November Ballot will be the renewal of the school’s…
Davis Joint Unified School District Finds a New Superintendent
Last night, School Board President Jim Provenza had two huge announcements for the community. The first and…
Saturday Weekly Round: School Board Field Set
School Board Field Set The filing period officially closed on August 15, 2007. There are four candidates…
Commentary: An Inappropriate and Insulting Choice For “Teacher of the Year”
Talk about burying your lead, buried toward the end of the Davis Enterprise article highlighting the Senior…
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…
Polling Reveals Prospects for Valley Oak Parcel Tax Bleak
While the Davis Joint Unified School Board generally received good news from the returns from the polling…
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…
Valley Oak Charter Plan Moving Forward Rapidly
On Wednesday evening, around 30 parents gathered at the Valley Oak Elementary School multipurpose room to discuss…
Analysis of Test Scores Shows Room for Improvement for Davis Schools
As a member of this community for what is now going on 11 years, the mantra I…
Valley Oak Elementary Update: Movement To Create Charter School for Valley Oak
In the wake of the announced closing of the Valley Oak Elementary School, the school board has…
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…
Commentary: Looking toward options for the future of Valley Oak
The Davis Joint Unified School Board by a 3-2 vote last month voted to close Valley Oak…