Meet and Greet Bob Poppenga, Candidate For Davis School Board, This Fourth of July At Community Park!
Bob Poppenga, candidate for Davis School Board in this November’s election, welcomes you to meet him and…
Lovenburg to Run for a Third Term on the School Board
Davis School Board Member Susan Lovenburg has announced this weekend she will be running for re-election in…
Interview with School Board Candidate Bob Poppenga
By Nicholas von Wettberg Two of the five seats on the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD)…
Poppenga Throws Name in for Second Run at DJUSD Board
Bob Poppenga, a faculty veterinarian and animal and food safety scientist at UC Davis, is announcing his…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Wasn’t 2014 School Board Election About GATE?
The supporters of the current GATE/AIM program have complained repeatedly that the proposal to change the GATE/AIM…
The AIM Debate: Many Questions, But Few Answers
by Bob Poppenga When legitimate questions about proposed public policy or program changes go unanswered by elected…
A Perspective on Recent School Board Actions
By Robert Poppenga Last Thursday, as community member after community member spoke on the value of the…
Board Should Reconsider AIM Motion
By Bob Poppenga Irrespective of how one views the AIM program, the process followed last Thursday should…
No Surprise in School Race: Sunder, Archer and Adams Cruise to Victory
Tom Adams and Barbara Archer were elected to the school board on Tuesday There was really…
Analysis: In a Way the Community Never Moved On From Peterson…
It was March 18, and the Davis School Board had just voted 3-1 to uphold the district’s…
Analysis: The Contrast Between Two Candidates Correcting Mistakes
The smart money in the school board race remains about the same, with most believing that four…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The School Board Race, Nancy Peterson and Jose Granda
A week from tomorrow (Tuesday) the voters will get their official say in who the next three…
School Board Candidate Question #5: Nancy Peterson Aftermath
This is the final of five questions to the school board candidates. Question #5: What is the…
Vanguard Analysis: The Race for Third for School Board?
A few weeks ago, we handicapped the school board race and argued that Madhavi Sunder and Barbara…
Sunday Commentary II: Stop Looking at Volunteer Record When Evaluating School Board Candidates
We should have learned our lessons by now, but it doesn’t seem that we have. On October…
Vanguard School Board Question #2: Common Core
In the second of five weekly questions, the Vanguard asked: What do you know of Common Core? …
Meet the School Board Candidates (Video)
Thanks to Davis Media Access who invited each of the seven candidates for school board for the…
Expanded Thoughts on Narrowing the Achievement Gap
by Bob Poppenga The educational “achievement gap” refers to differences in academic performance between groups of students….
School Board Candidates on the Achievement Gap
At the school board candidates’ forum last week, candidates were given an insufficient amount of time to…
DJUSD Forum Addresses Transparency, LGBT Issues and DHS Starting Time
We are rolling out more of the responses from Wednesday’s forum. We apologize for the delay, but…
