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SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board brainstorms ideas for 2013-14
The need for more sharing of ideas among Palo Alto teachers emerged as a theme Tuesday as members of the Board of Education gathered for their annual retreat. Read the full s... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 2 hours ago
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent 1 hour ago.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford University's Larry Horton to retire
Larry Horton, Stanford University's longtime senior associate vice president and director of government and community relations, will step down at the end of this calendar ye... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 2 hours ago
There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent 1 hour ago.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
City floats parking-permit plans to residents
About 40 people showed up to a meeting Tuesday night hosted by the City of Palo Alto that was held to draw feedback on a set of potential residential parking plans for the Dow... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 3 hours ago
There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent 15 minutes ago.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Skelly moves to fill school vacancies
Palo Alto School Superintendent Kevin Skelly said he has extended a job offer to a prospective communications officer for the school district and also has chosen a finalist to... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 3 hours ago
There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent 1 hour ago.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto re-opens Woodland Ave. after flood repairs
Residents of a flood-prone neighborhood in East Palo Alto can rest easier now that the first phase of repairs to the San Francisquito Creek bank have been completed. Read the... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 20 hours ago
There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent 20 hours ago.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Garden Tips
Change your garden? Change your schedule Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:00 AM READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 23 hours ago
There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent 33 minutes ago.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD quietly reverses decision on refunds of illegal summer fees, receives new complaint about 2012 fees
All parents who paid summer school tuition to PAUSD for 2013 will automatically receive full refunds, according to a statement by superintendent Kevin Skelly and confirmed by ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Curious, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Jun 18, 2013 at 1:00 pm
There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent 1 hour ago.

AROUND TOWN
Peery Foundation to help raise funds for Junior Museum
The board of directors of the Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo announced Monday that it is partnering with the Peery Foundation to create a matching-gift challenge... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 18, 2013 at 10:38 am
There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent 17 hours ago.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto High School principal resigns
Palo Alto High School Principal Phil Winston Monday announced he has resigned from the job he's held for the past three years, saying he needs to guard his health. Read the f... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 18, 2013 at 9:07 am
There have been 39 comments on this topic, the most recent 19 hours ago.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Still upset about bag ban
Phase II comes into effect on July 1 and I am still upset about this. This ban is not right and the charge for paper is not right either. Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 18, 2013 at 8:34 am
There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent 4 hours ago.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto bids farewell to popular planning director
Palo Alto on Monday gave an emotional sendoff to Planning Director Curtis Williams, whose mild-mannered leadership, passion for community engagement and encyclopedic knowledge... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 18, 2013 at 2:44 am
There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent 5 hours ago.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Contentious Maybell development wins approval
After several false starts, Palo Alto's bitter and deeply emotional debate over a proposed housing development on Maybell Avenue finally reached its conclusion Monday night wh... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 17, 2013 at 11:51 pm
There have been 71 comments on this topic, the most recent 3 hours ago.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Despite assurances, PAUSD school board closes out school year with no public discussion of OCR complaints
The Palo Alto school board will hold its final regular meeting of the school year on Tuesday without discussing the US Department of Education's finding that PAUSD violated th... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Curious, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2013 at 8:57 pm
There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent 20 hours ago.

AROUND TOWN
South Korean school grades suffer due to smart phone addiction.
New study said that 30 percent of South Koreans teens are so so addicted to their smart phones that their school grades suffer. It is so bad the government is introducing ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Tibt, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2013 at 8:31 pm
There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2013 at 12:21 pm.

AROUND TOWN
Firefighters extinguish two weekend residential fires
Palo Alto firefighters put out two residential fires in Palo Alto this weekend, one on Friday afternoon and another Saturday. Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 17, 2013 at 1:41 pm
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm.

AROUND TOWN
Two public meetings to cover downtown parking
Palo Alto will present potential plans for parking in the downtown area at a pair of community meetings scheduled for June 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. Read the full story here http... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 17, 2013 at 1:17 pm
There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent 2 hours ago.

RESTAURANTS
Full steam ahead
Jeannie Lee found a need and filled it with Steam, little-sister restaurant to her family's elegant Tai Pan in downtown Palo Alto. Now you can get dim sum, the Cantonese tea s... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 17, 2013 at 12:16 pm
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2013 at 12:07 pm.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Freecycling: out with the old and in with the 'new'
One person is looking for a rocking chair for a newborn baby. Another, a tote bag to carry a pet guinea pig. One person offers up a nearly new yoga mat; another, a "large-ish ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 17, 2013 at 11:27 am
There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2013 at 11:45 am.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
PAUSD and CPA Officials Should Hold Virtual Office Hours
Transparency continues to be a problem with government, at all levels, in my opinion. Local government agencies, like the PAUSD and the City of Palo Alto (CPA), could open th... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Wayne Martin, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2013 at 9:22 am
There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2013 at 10:27 am.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Revived local leadership program graduates 19
A hopeful crop of aspiring civic leaders celebrated a Palo Alto graduation last week. With an oft-cited shortage of volunteers stepping up for city commissions and other commu... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 17, 2013 at 9:10 am
There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2013 at 11:12 pm.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
How often does bullying happen in Palo Alto?
"If someone says bullying is not a problem in Palo Alto, I'd say: You need to look again," said Juliet Melamid, a marriage and family therapist and former director of FriendSm... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 17, 2013 at 7:00 am
There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2013 at 8:28 am.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Match girl in the city of light
William Byron Webster is used to talking to newspapers. He's been a community activist in his city of East Palo Alto for 25 years. Toss him a question about parcel taxes or af... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 16, 2013 at 9:18 pm
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bloomberg to grads: 'Harness Stanford's spirit of innovation to pursue American dream'
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today, June 16, urged Stanford graduates to harness Stanford's spirit of innovation to pursue the American dream for themselves, and to h... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 16, 2013 at 5:19 pm
There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent 19 hours ago.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bike helmets need to be purchased every 3 years?
As we were choosing a new bike helmet for my daughter, a customer told us styrofoam breaks down so helmets need to be purchased every three years to be sure the helmet is safe... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Mom of 3, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 16, 2013 at 4:51 pm
There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent 13 hours ago.

RESTAURANTS
A culinary hipster comes to the 'burbs
Tacolicious could have been yet another San Francisco culinary hipster, condescending to do business in the 'burbs with a watered-down menu and ho-hum ambiance. But with a nam... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 16, 2013 at 10:47 am
There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 16, 2013 at 10:47 am.

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