Monday Morning Thoughts: District Is Moving on from TRO – Need to Address Pandemic Impacts
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In case you missed it last week, the…
Commentary: Harrington Letter Repeats Faulty Information on School Financing
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – It is nice to see our old friend,…
DJUSD School Board to Discuss Parcel Tax Renewal Ballot Measure
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In 2020, voters in Davis approved an expansion…
Sunday Commentary: City Revenue Problems Aren’t Going Away
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Over the last decade, the biggest failure of…
Commentary: ‘But Davis Is a Great Place, I Don’t Want It to Change’
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I hear it a lot, people love the…
Commentary: Revolving Door of Superintendents Just One Sign of Trouble
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Former Superintendent David Murphy had to go. He couldn’t answer…
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…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Remains Stuck in Drive To Find Sustainable Revenue
By David M. Greenwald It was 2010 when I watched Bob Clarke of Public Works give a…
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…
My View: District Responds to Williams’ Critique – $1.3 Million Projection Is Sound
By David M. Greenwald On Friday, Matt Williams accused the school district and city of adding “funny…
Guest Commentary: Public Comment to DJUSD School Board Last Night — Funny Money in Measure B Argument?
by Matt Williams The following Public Comment was submitted by e-mail to the DJUSD School Board with…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Local Education Then and Now
With the resignation of Cindy Pickett announced effective July 1, when the board meeting again, next week,…
My View: Why We Got Measure G So Wrong…
The funny thing is that going into the election I figured Measure G, the parcel tax, would…
Measure G Completes Its Stunning Victory, Provenza Headed to a Run-Off
Many believed from the start that Measure G, the parcel tax measure for Davis Joint Unified that…
Board Member Fernandes Reacts to Surprising Change in Measure G’s Results
With an Inflator Built into the Measure, Teacher Compensation Should Track with Other Districts With perhaps between…
Sunday Commentary: Measure G Is a Reminder That We Need to Count All of the Votes
Publicly many were putting on a brave face—we need to count all of the votes. Privately, however,…
Analysis: Measure G on Verge of Stunning Victory
From the start until now Measure G has never been in the position of exceeding the two-thirds…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Measure G Gets Close; Voluntary Is Impractical
As it turns out in the last 4000 or so ballots counted, Measure G did get a…
Updated Election Totals Show Barajas Taking Lead in 5th, Runoff Likely in 4th, No Change in Measure G
We are now ten days since the local election and we now have some preliminary updated vote…
My View: The End of Great Schools in Davis?
Every election year it seems we run into the same scenario—there are 10,000 more ballots to be…
