Enterprise staff writer The Davis school board hired three new elementary school principals on Monday night Ñ and all three were recruited from within the districtÕs administrative ranks. Heidi Perry, vice principal at Harper Junior High, will take over the reins at Willett Elementary. Ramon Cusi, a vice principal at Davis High School, will become … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer The Davis Schools Foundation on Monday announced two new challenge gifts, lifting the total raised for the foundationÕs ÒDollar-a-DayÓ campaign to $841,000. The money will be used to Òbuy backÓ local teaching positions that otherwise would be lost to $4 million in budget cuts and related layoffs in the Davis school district. … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer Snapdragons stretch up from a crowd of blooms in pinks, reds, yellows and purples in one of the Davis CemeteryÕs decorative round flower beds. Groundskeeper Joe Finkleman pulls a weed from the 25-foot-diameter mound near the cemetery office, at 820 Pole Line Road in East Davis. He did not know when he … Continue Reading
I am sure you have been reading articles in the local papers about the countless students with excellent grades, test scores and extra curricular activities getting turned down by selective colleges. What about the average students? As selectivity continues to rise at some of the big-name colleges, what is the average, college-bound student to do? … Continue Reading
Picnic Day proved to be a busy one for Davis police, who responded to dozens of extra calls for service throughout the day and made numerous alcohol-related arrests. Six people were arrested on suspicion of drunken driving — due to extra patrols by Yolo County’s “Avoid the 8″ DUI task force — and four others … Continue Reading
Sunny skies brought out the crowds for Picnic Day on Saturday, perhaps setting an attendance record for UC Davis’ annual open house celebration, believed to be the largest student-organized event in the nation. UC Davis police estimated 100,000 people came to campus throughout the day — double the event’s usual 50,000 to 60,000 visitors. “It … Continue Reading
Picnic Day visitors can taste honey, build an artificial bee, race a cockroach and create Maggot Art at the department of entomology in Briggs Hall on Saturday. And over at the Bohart Museum of Entomology in 1124 Academic Surge, they can visit the petting zoo, complete with tarantulas, Madagascar hissing cockroaches and about a dozen … Continue Reading
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