Commentary: A Board Elected to Heal the Wounds Should Not Instead Divide the Community
It is perhaps easy to forget just how much the events of the winter of 2014 divided…
My View: Board Majority Dances on the Brink of Trouble with AIM Decisions
Last fall, every candidate for the school board vowed, in the aftermath of the volleyball scandal and…
School Board Rejects VSA on Director for DJUSD AIM/ GATE Program
The DJUSD School Board voted 3-2 to reject the VSA (variable services agreement) of Deanne Quinn, who…
Board Should Reconsider AIM Motion
By Bob Poppenga Irrespective of how one views the AIM program, the process followed last Thursday should…
Did the School Board Violate Noticing Requirements When It Voted to Radically Alter GATE/AIM?
The school board voted 4-1 to pass a motion, at nearly midnight Thursday, that one school board…
Analysis: Nonverbal Tests for AIM Identification of Minority and Disadvantaged Students
On Thursday night, the school district heard a critique of its use of TONI (Test of Nonverbal…
My View: Social Justice and AIM
For a long time I have stayed relatively quiet on the issue of GATE/AIM. There have been…
Are AIM Students Being Overidentified? School Board Grapples with AIM Identification Issue
While there were a number of procedural issues asked about the presentations on Tuesday night regarding the…
Are Changes to GATE/AIM on the Way?
The DJUSD School Board tonight will see two presentations on the AIM Program, apparently at the request…
Granda on GATE/AIM
Jose Granda submitted his response to the GATE/AIM Vanguard Question. The other responses were published on Friday….
School Board Candidate Question #4: GATE/ AIM
Question #4: Have you been involved in the GATE/AIM Committee Meetings? If so, what has been your…
