SCHOOLS & KIDS
2007 School Board Election Forum
Please use this topic to post your comments and questions regarding this fall's Palo Alto School Board race. The idea is to organize the community's discussion about the candi... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 9:53 pm by Curious, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Caswell, Klausner, Hausser for Palo Alto school board
There's a feeling among many within the Palo Alto school district that we have emerged from a long stretch of Class 5 whitewater rapids and are now regrouping in a quiet eddy ... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 9:34 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Palo Alto protests 'unachievable' housing goals
A housing goal assigned to Palo Alto is "unachievable" and would burden the school district and city services, according to a lengthy letter opposing the Association of Bay Ar... |
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on Jan 16, 2008 at 1:01 am by Mike, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Mandarin program sparks parents' hopes
Hundreds of parents packed a room at Ohlone Elementary School Wednesday night to learn more about the Mandarin-immersion program many said could bring their families closer.
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Editor |
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on Feb 28, 2008 at 12:55 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Community discussion on "Everyday Math" curriculum
The elementary-school math textbook "Everyday Mathematics" emerged Monday afternoon as the overwhelming recommendation of a committee composed mainly of teachers -- despite ob... |
Editor |
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on Jul 6, 2009 at 4:30 pm by Ze\'ev Wurman, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Op-Ed: PAUSD needs new leadership
Palo Alto parents are becoming increasingly frustrated with the school district's leadership on the issue of academic stress. The evidence connecting academic stress to adoles... |
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on Mar 9, 2011 at 2:53 pm by Actually we were there., a member of the Gunn High School community |
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School board votes to change calendar
In an emotional split vote, the Palo Alto Board of Education voted early today (Wednesday) to change the district-wide academic calendar, moving to a school-year start date ea... |
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on May 25, 2011 at 7:12 pm by Student, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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School board delays Mandarin-immersion vote
Wanting more community input and time for compromise efforts, the Palo Alto school board agreed to delay voting yes or no on the highly controversial Mandarin-immersion choice... |
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on May 31, 2007 at 9:30 pm by Fact Checker, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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IT'S BACK!!!! Board votes to revisit MI as a choice program
Just the possibility that it might receive an application to start a charter Mandarin Immersion program has the PAUSD school board, as of this evening, reopening the question ... |
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on Jan 8, 2010 at 10:05 pm by Ed Chi, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Spanish Immersion at Jordan
Is something happening with SI at Jordan? Is the magic wearing off or is there another reason? I have heard rumors. |
Parent |
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on Jun 27, 2008 at 5:53 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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MI status to change from "pilot" to "ongoing"
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"It is recommended the Board approve the change in status of the dual immersion English/Mandarin progra... |
padad |
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on Nov 23, 2010 at 8:41 am by palo alto mom, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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PAUSD Immersion Programs--'Choice' or 'luck'
I'm wondering if we need to stop referring to PAUSD programs like SI and MI as ‘choice’ programs. Wouldn't it be better to call them 'luck' programs? For the many, many pare... |
Simon Firth |
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on Nov 30, 2006 at 6:53 am by curious, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Elementary math textbook adoption: Reactions to Wed. night meeting
The debate on what math textbook program Palo Alto schools should adopt continues with differing viewpoints on last night's Information Meeting. The school board is scheduled ... |
Concerned Parent |
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on Apr 5, 2009 at 3:31 pm by Anonymous 78, a resident of Stanford |
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District policy shuts out some students from UC/CSU eligibility
In May, trustees of the Palo Alto Unified School District met to consider a proposal from Superintendent Kevin Skelly that the district make successful completion of an A-G cu... |
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on Dec 19, 2011 at 11:21 pm by Huh?, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Students, parents challenge schools on math
A coalition of students and parents challenged the Palo Alto school board Tuesday to ensure the district's two high schools offer a basic, non-honors track in math and science... |
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on Dec 30, 2011 at 4:18 am by Matthew Gunn, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Angry parents derail school-calendar vote
A Palo Alto school district plan to shift first-semester final exams to before the December break starting next year was – literally -- shouted down by a group of angry ... |
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on Nov 14, 2010 at 5:50 pm by equality, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District: a thousand more kids to educate
With new housing, an increase in birth rates and young families moving into the city, Palo Alto educators are asking themselves how they're going to educate all the new kids.
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on Jul 13, 2007 at 12:09 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Suicide attempt averted by a mother and motorist
An attempt by a young man to commit suicide on the train tracks in Palo Alto was averted Thursday evening by a mother who took her son's words seriously aided by a passing mot... |
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on Jun 8, 2009 at 7:56 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto schools to get 'Everyday Mathematics'
"Everyday Mathematics" was approved on a 3-2 vote of the Palo Alto school board early today (Wednesday) -- despite a parent petition with more than 700 signatures urging the b... |
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on May 20, 2010 at 10:00 am by HPA, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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School board backs Mandarin immersion 4-1
In a historic vote Tuesday night the Palo Alto Board of Education voted 4-1 (board member Gail Price dissenting) to launch a controversial Mandarin immersion "choice" program ... |
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on Jun 12, 2007 at 10:01 am by yet another parent, a member of the Escondido School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Wasted Energy? How Important Are Language Skills in Public Education Anyway?
Are we all wasting our time focusing on Foreign Language instruction, both Mandarin Immersion and FLES?
I took 5 years of French in public school, some 30 years ago. The b... |
Fred |
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on Apr 5, 2007 at 1:02 am by Fred, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Protests rock Paly over 're-enactment' plays
Students at Palo Alto High School are rallying to the defense of historical re-enactment plays in a controversy over whether the future of the 17-year-old program is threatene... |
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on Dec 22, 2007 at 12:03 pm by edthecoolness, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ohlone - the big winner in the MI location problem
It looks like the staff recommends to expand Ohlone to accept the MI program in Fall 2007. This would expand size of Ohlone to over 450 and would place three new portables ... |
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on Jan 13, 2007 at 8:40 am by Paul Losch, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents ask board to fix 'bifurcated' schools
In sometimes tense exchanges, parents Tuesday demanded a greater sense of urgency from the Palo Alto Board of Education on fixing what they called a "bifurcated school system ... |
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on Feb 7, 2012 at 10:49 am by parent, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: A growing school movement
A sympathetic but defensive school board did little Tuesday night to reassure concerned parents that they shared their alarm about an academic and achievement culture in Palo ... |
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on Aug 5, 2011 at 10:53 pm by allison, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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