District Continues Practice of Making Interest-Free Loans from Building Fund
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Last December, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed…
Monday Morning Thoughts: School District About to Head Back into the Red
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – It should be good news, despite fears of the need…
Letter: Members of Jewish Community Stand in Solidarity with Ethnic Studies Proposal
The following is a letter to the School Board and District Administration of the Davis Joint Unified School…
Guest Commentary: Please Help Our Unduplicated Children in DJUSD
By Lupita T Editor’s note: The letter is from February 4 and was public comment to the…
Commentary: A Growing Disconnect Again on COVID As Regulations Lift Perhaps Too Fast
By David M. Greenwald It was interesting juxtaposing the language that emerged Sunday night at the school…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Sudden Change, Truncated Public Process for DJUSD – School Board Cuts Off Public Comment After 20 Minutes
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Two weeks prior to students at DJUSD going back to…
Open Letter: Anti-Racist Scholars Support Ethnic Studies at State and Local Levels
Greetings Davis Joint Unified School District Leadership: We write as University of California, Davis, anti-racist scholars who…
My View: Recalls Galore, but Will Any of Them Remove People from Office?
By David Greenwald This week a local group announced they were recalling four of the five school…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Canary in the Coal Mine – Declining Enrollment
by David M. Greenwald For several years I have been warning that without a change to how…
Sunday Commentary: School Reopening Polling Data is Tricky, As Proponents Bank on the Issue to Drive Recall of Newsom
By David M. Greenwald Everyone wants to get students back at school, but the key is it…
Commentary: Yolo Goes Back into the Red – Can It Stay This Time?
By David M. Greenwald Twice before Yolo County has been locked down—once in the spring when the…
DJUSD Moving Closer to In-Person Student Learning
By David M. Greenwald Amid efforts by parents to push for the resumption of in-person instruction and…
Sunday Commentary: Why Are Parents in Such a Hurry to Re-Open, Especially Now?
By David M. Greenwald Slow and steady wins the race. That’s how the saying goes, but it…
Sunday Commentary: A Cautious Approach to Re-Opening Makes Most Sense
By David M. Greenwald It is one of the most contentious issues, not only in our community…
Letter: Pay Back Measure M Funds with Interest
The following is a letter sent to Superintendent John Bowes and the Trustees in support of the…
District Relies on September 30 Memo in Response to Oversight Committee Concerns
By David M. Greenwald The DJUSD, in response to public concerns expressed by the Measure M Oversight…
Oversight Body Alleges District Violating Law by Failing to Pay Interest on Loan Repayments to Measure M Fund
By David M. Greenwald On Tuesday evening, the Measure M Citizen’s Oversight Committee unanimously backed a recommendation…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Shouldn’t We Be Risk Averse with Respect to COVID and School Re-Openings?
By David M. Greenwald Let’s be honest, for parents, distance learning is a huge failure. I’m not…
Monday Morning Thoughts: We Should Wait to Re-Open Our Schools
By David M. Greenwald As a parent I get it—distance learning really isn’t great for nine- and…
Guest Commentary: Measure B Deserves an ‘A’ for Helping Education in Davis
By Donna Neville Please support Measure B on the November 3 ballot. Despite the ”B” in its…
