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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > resident-enrollment-decline-davis

Sunday Commentary: Housing, Not Transfers, Holds Key to Reversing Davis School Enrollment Decline

1+ hour, 44+ min ago DAVIS, Calif. " The debate over Davis Joint Unified's enrollment future continued this week after a recent Vanguard op-ed questioned whether the district's projections fully account for interdistrict transfers." The issue was addressed directly by Superintendent Matt Best during the Thursday…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > college-data-privacy-threat

California AG Opposes Trump Plan to Link Race to College Admissions Data

2+ day, 3+ hour ago OAKLAND, Calif. " California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he and a coalition of 17 other attorneys general will submit a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education opposing a Trump administration proposal that would require colleges and universities to provide…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > pigtails-and-quicksand

Pigtails and Quicksand

2+ day, 17+ hour ago Crystal St Mary is 41 years old, and currently resides in the Honor Dorm at C.C.W.F., and is very active in her community. A member of the Fresno State University Debate Team, with the goal of obtaining her Masters and Ph.D. in…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > djusd-enrollment-projection-flaws

Op-ed | What the School Closure Plan is Lacking, Part 2: The 1,293 Students Who Don't Exist

5+ day, 2+ hour ago The district's school closure plan has a problem. It's not a political problem or a budget problem, but a math problem. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. In DJUSD, however, interdistrict transfers account for 15.7% of our students....

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > wakanda-winter-wonderland-fillmore

Wakanda Winter Wonderland: Carrying Forward a Legacy of Service

6+ day, 3+ hour ago On Saturday, December 13, 2025, the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center did more than host a holiday celebration " it reaffirmed a legacy. The day began across the street at the African American Arts and Culture Center, where children and their parents were…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > lcff-funding-formula-changes

PPIC Report Examines Options for Updating California’s School Funding Formula Amid Enrollment Declines

1+ week, 2+ day ago California's school funding system could be reshaped in coming years as declining enrollment creates new fiscal flexibility and policymakers reconsider how billions of education dollars are distributed, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California. Despite…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > fwdus-report-plyler-benefits

New Report Warns of High Stakes as States Revisit Plyler v. Doe Protections

1+ week, 2+ day ago WASHINGTON, D.C. " As some states reconsider policies affecting access to public education, a new report from FWD.us examines the far-reaching consequences of the Supreme Court's 1982 decision in Plyler v. Doe, which guarantees equal access to K"12 public education regardless of immigration…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > texas-public-schools-ten-commandments-lawsuit

Lawsuit Challenges Texas School Districts over Ten Commandments Displays

2+ week, 2+ day ago SAN ANTONIO, Texas " Eighteen multifaith and nonreligious families filed a federal class action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to stop more than 1,000 Texas public school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms, marking a significant escalation in the legal fight over…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 12 > djusd-school-closure-plan-questions

Op-ed | What the School Closure Plan is Lacking

2+ week, 6+ day ago Two Concepts, One Plan? Presented by the district, Concept A of The Plan (titled "School Closure) is defined as a localized plan that addresses "immediate declining enrollment. Concept B ("District-Wide Redesign) contrasts this by considering "longer term declining enrollment. Before…...

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Davis Vanguard
davisvanguard.org > 2025 > 11 > nurses-secure-new-contract

UC Workers Secure Higher Wages and Improved Healthcare in New Contract

4+ week, 2+ hour ago The University of California has ratified a tentative agreement with the University Professional and Technical Employees union, UPTE-CWA 9119, and registered nurses have also approved a separate contract with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, marking a significant shift in…...