SCHOOLS & KIDS Mom needs PAMF primary care physician recommendations for 16-year-old son w/ ADHD Anyone with a child/teen being treated at Palo Alto Medical Foundation for ADD/ADHD by a physician they would recommend? I'm looking for a good fit for my 16-year-old son. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mom, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood, on Mar 9, 2007 at 3:12 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 20, 2009 at 10:37 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Santa Cruz charging parents for kids' vacations. According to channel 2 today, Santa Cruz schools are charging their students' $35 a day they are out of school on vacation during school time. This is because they don't get f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 9, 2007 at 10:11 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 12, 2007 at 12:41 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Tough Question - Is an MI Charter School legal? PAUSD already offers an established, well respected, highly modeled Language Immersion program. (What PAUSD doesn't offer is enough spots in their current program - there alw... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Asking Questions, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 8, 2007 at 12:33 pm There have been 68 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 24, 2007 at 10:37 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS PAUSD Board votes to pay Los Altos Charter School According to the PA Weekly Home Page, PAUSD Board has agreed to pay Bullis Charter School a per pupil fee if PA students decide to attend that school and if Los Altos becomes ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Someone who doesn\'t understand, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 8, 2007 at 9:10 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 8, 2007 at 5:02 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS What role should polls play in local government? A survey commissioned by the Palo Alto City Council showed that a majority, but fewer than two-thirds, of those surveyed would support bond measures for library improvements a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online, on Mar 6, 2007 at 9:18 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 6, 2007 at 10:11 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Looking for family day care center in Palo Alto area I am looking for a family daycare center in Palo Alto area. Can you recomend any? I have a 5 and a 9 year-old that needs afternoon day care. Thanks in advance for any info.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Hoover: Location for a Charter in PAUSD If PAUSD is forced to provide space for a charter school, one solution would be to locate it at one of the sites currently used for commuter choice programs. This would min... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Enjoy PAUSD Choice, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 2, 2007 at 2:15 pm There have been 55 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 6, 2007 at 6:16 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Menlo Park has NOT banned homework The recent news reports suggesting that Menlo Park has banned homework are highly inaccurate. Principal Ackerman at Oak Knoll took initiative this year to reign in homework l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Name, a resident of Menlo Park, on Feb 28, 2007 at 9:48 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 10, 2007 at 8:09 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Menlo Park banning homework One elementary school in Menlo Park has banned conventional homework. How would that wash here. I hate being homework police for my kids, but even worse, I hate some of the pr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by PAUSD Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 27, 2007 at 9:45 am There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 24, 2007 at 12:16 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School registration process What was your experience with the school registration process? I applied on 02/05/07 for 5th grade, 2007-8 school year. It turns out that my application has not been entered i... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lillian Kvitko, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 23, 2007 at 5:20 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 28, 2007 at 5:32 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS How Young is too Young for a Cell Phone In today's electronic age in Silicon Valley, I would like some perspective on this topic.. I have seen flyers come home from school with 5th graders on the subject with remin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Elementary Parent, a member of the Palo Verde School community, on Feb 23, 2007 at 9:29 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 20, 2008 at 10:14 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Environmental Health of Portable Classrooms While I have heard much discussion of school population with respect to portables, I haven't heard anything about the issue of the health impacts to those spending time in the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Annette, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Feb 23, 2007 at 9:24 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 24, 2007 at 7:47 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Youth water polo , stanford program info Is this program good for new water polo players (8th grade)? We are not looking for an extremely intense program, mainly want to learn the sport and have fun. The Stanford pr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by parent, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 23, 2007 at 8:34 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 30, 2007 at 12:50 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS PAUSD: Passion for Learning/Thinking outside the box We have been exploring schools here, private vs. public. I have heard several parents at different PAUSD school complain that their children get burned out by the heavy focus ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent of incoming kinder, a member of the Nixon School community, on Feb 20, 2007 at 10:04 pm There have been 39 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 7, 2007 at 4:01 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS is duveneck overflown this year? I registered my kid for the neighborhood school Duveneck in early Jan for their kindergarden class starting fall 2007. I have not received anything yet from the school about ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by a new duveneck parent, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Feb 20, 2007 at 1:54 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 21, 2007 at 2:00 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Elementary school placement What experiences have you had with elementary school placement? Which school would we most likely be placed into for 5th grade next school year? Are all the schools OK? What d... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lillian Kvitko, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 20, 2007 at 12:44 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 21, 2007 at 12:57 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Profound Insult to PAUSD Community I hope that others are as outraged as I am right now after reading the passage set forth below:
A CHAMPION FOR ALL: SELECTING
A NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR PAUSD.
A PARENT-INI... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Feb 16, 2007 at 7:26 am There have been 50 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 7, 2007 at 2:16 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Seeking Shelter for Our Kids I am curious how families in Palo Alto are "sheltering" their kids from the pressures of school, the competitive culture, etc. following up to my column in yesterday's Weekly ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lucy F., a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Feb 15, 2007 at 10:22 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2007 at 8:51 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Do Palo Altans want a Charter School? I think the answer is "no". We have nowhere to house a charter school and the moneys we have need to go into the schools we already have. I don't really understand all the de... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 15, 2007 at 9:12 am There have been 85 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2007 at 1:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Are PAUSD Schools Excellent? I stretched myself thin to move to Palo Alto, and I squeezed my three kids into a small 1000 square foot house (1 bathroom, no dishwasher, no garbage disposal, 3 small bedroom... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Working Mother of Three, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 14, 2007 at 10:53 am There have been 44 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 24, 2007 at 4:33 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS What happened to civility? What kind of a community do we want? If you read Town Square postings on school district issues, would you want to be the new superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School Di... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mandy Lowell & Carolyn Tucher, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 13, 2007 at 8:28 pm There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 18, 2007 at 1:03 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS We are over stretching and over stressing our kids!! We now have two tutoring services in midtown. I believe that the evidence from some of the recent threads, plus these two very busy tutoring services, that we are going overbo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 11, 2007 at 1:09 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2007 at 9:03 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Shame on Adolescent Counseling Services ACS has been a fine, upstanding source of support for adolescents in crisis for many years. It's an organization that served one of my kids, and I have made quite a few check... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Outraged, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Feb 9, 2007 at 7:11 pm There have been 35 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 24, 2008 at 12:58 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Soap Box Derby is for kids 8 - 17 years of age There are lots of activities for kids, with opportunities to win "The Big Prise" at the end of each season, but how many opportunities are there for kids who don't "Run As Fas... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by joe sparaco, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 9, 2007 at 2:47 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS Radio Program About Immersion KALW, the public radio station of the San Francisco Unified School District, has a 30 minute program about language immersion instruction. I don't know if there is a podcast,... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Feb 7, 2007 at 1:24 pm
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