Parents Complain about Bullying at Cesar Chavez, Call for Full-Time School Counselor
Parents at Cesar Chavez are talking a “mean girls phenomena” where their children, some in the third…
Sunday Commentary: District in Hot Water over DHS Principal Hire
Two weeks ago, the DJUSD School Board delayed approving the decision on the hiring of a new…
Teacher Support for Interim DHS Principal Forces District to Postpone New Hire
Thursday’s DJUSD Board meeting got off to a late start as more than 70 Davis High School…
Board Set to Approve Agreement with DTA on a New Contract
Back in March, the Davis Teachers Association and DJUSD agreed to a contract settlement signed by Deputy…
Board to Look at Discipline Policies Stemming from Student Walk Out
DJUSD attracted regional attention when the Sacramento Bee back in mid-March ran a story, “This district in…
LA Unified Encouraged Students to Participate in the 17-Minute Program, DJUSD Threatened to Punish Theirs
Statement by Board Trustee Madhavi Sunder (Madhavi Sunder, Board Trustee, made the following statement at March 15,…
My View: We Have Failed Montgomery, Montgomery Has Not Failed Us
Late on Thursday evening, the DJUSD School Board moved forward with proposed changes that would phase out…
District to Examine Discipline Policies after Complaints Following Student Walk Out
It was a story that drew attention across the community and across the region, as the Bee…
Commentary: DJUSD Needs to Be Careful about Adding Police to Campus
Last Thursday’s discussion on school safety seemed to foreshadow the threat that emerged late in the day…
Analysis: Teachers Seek Equal Solution to Unequal Pay Gap
The teacher compensation gap is real and many teachers, particularly the younger and least experienced teachers, are…
Threat to Harper Turns Out to Be a Hoax
On Friday, DJUSD sent out a notice to parents of Harper Junior High students that there was…
Let’s Settle Now
By Dianna Huculak (Editor’s Note: Dianna Huculak, the DTA President read the following statement last night at…
Commentary: Both City and School District Should Be Concerned with Parcel Tax Poll
The Davis School District is looking toward a parcel tax as a way to fund increases to…
District to Evaluate Feasibility of Parcel Tax on Thursday
The school district commissioned a poll to determine interest in a parcel tax for employee compensation. The…
My View: Let’s Not Pretend Like Teacher Health Benefits Are Not Subpar
A Dunning column from earlier this week noted with sympathy teachers’ efforts to lobby the district with…
Commentary: Schools and City Face the Cost of Deferring
The city council on Tuesday and the school board in the coming weeks and months will face…
Hundreds of Teachers Take to Streets to Demand Better Pay, Benefits
Teachers took to the streets on Wednesday evening at three locations in Davis – Mace and Chiles,…
My View: The Bottom Line Is Davis Is Not Sustainable
Over the years, those who have supported growth in Davis have always argued that Davis was going…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Board Prioritizing Closing Teacher Compensation Gap
The school board had a good discussion last week on the prospects for closing the compensation gap. …
School Board Focuses on Parcel Tax to Reduce Compensation Gap
The school board on Thursday night began to look at what it would take to make the…
