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Da Vinci in search of suggested names for tech hub
Last week, the Da Vinci Charter Academy Advisory Board began soliciting suggested names for its upcoming “Tech Hub,” which is scheduled to break ground this summer, be constructed over roughly a year-and-a-half and open in 2022-23.
The completed Tech Hub building will stand at 14,707 square-feet on the blacktop of the Valley Oak Campus in East Davis, which houses Da Vinci along with the district’s Children Center. The $16.4 million project is being funded through Measure M, a local school facilities bond that voters approved by a 74.5 percent margin in 2018, and partly through $9 million in Career Technical Education grants received by the district last year.
COVID-19 Community Report, Feb. 16 2021 Tue, 02/16/2021 - 10:13am | Autumn Labbe-Renault
This month I’m conducting a series of interviews devoted to the reopening of in-person instruction in the Davis Joint Unified School District. Last week I spoke with DJUSD Superintendent John Bowes, and I have two interviews today: teachers Amy George and Dianna Stommel. Dianna is also the current president of the Davis Teachers Association. Next week, I’ll speak to parents with different opinions about reopening.
Both teachers share what s it been like to teach remotely this year, and how they ve worked to build and maintain community in their classrooms. We also discuss what would make them feel safe and valued as the shift to hybrid and in-person instruction commences. Dianna addresses the DTA s position on reopening.
Together, we have accomplished something important: unlike other school districts, there have been no student, staff or teacher deaths in the Davis Joint Unified School District since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
We put on masks, stayed home and changed our lives to keep each other safe.
Teachers le