SCHOOLS & KIDS The week from Hell -- every parent's worst nightmare The message was waiting when I walked in the door. It was not about my son. It was from my son. It was about his best friend from childhood. It was not at Virginia Tech. It wa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Gordon Lewin, a resident of Menlo Park, on May 4, 2007 at 9:22 am
SCHOOLS & KIDS PA Weekly - Time to do some in depth reporting In all the goings on to do with MI this week, I hope you will realise that it is time to do some real in depth reporting and ask some of the questions that are being raised.
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on May 3, 2007 at 11:16 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2007 at 12:26 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS No Contact Policy at Duveneck Palo Alto schools are currently in the process of performing Standardized Testing And Reporting (STAR) Program to gauge both school and individual student performance
Amid ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by DuveneckDad, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on May 3, 2007 at 10:04 am There have been 30 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 13, 2007 at 5:03 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Ralston Accident should never have happened The accident yesterday at Ralston Middle School should never have happened. We need to put barriers up at our schools between traffic and our kids. The kids should have been w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Safety First, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on May 3, 2007 at 9:29 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 10, 2007 at 5:00 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Lost faith in MI choice and charter I just wanted my son to learn Mandarin. Immersion sounded a great way to do that. So I started looking at the proposed Madarin Immersion program. But the process to bring t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Angie Lee, a member of the Walter Hays School community, on May 2, 2007 at 3:08 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 10, 2007 at 10:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS MI letter to school board Is anyone curious about the content of the letter that Dana Tom brought forth into the public domain at last night's PAUSD board meeting?
This is the letter that 9 MI suppo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Board Observer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on May 2, 2007 at 11:12 am There have been 136 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 10, 2007 at 3:41 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Is Diligence on New Superintendent Sufficient? http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=4976
If the current first choice for Sperintendent holds up, I wish him well.
What many are curious about at this po... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by RWE, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on May 2, 2007 at 9:52 am There have been 44 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 19, 2007 at 3:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS FYI - Mandarin Immersion back on the School Board Agenda For those not totally exhausted by the Mandarin Immersion (MI) debate, you might be interested to know that the Palo Alto Board of Education is having a special session this c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Simon Firth, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Apr 28, 2007 at 10:14 pm There have been 61 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 7, 2007 at 7:55 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Discriminatory Scholarships Advertised by Palo Alto High School Palo Alto High School is advertising college scholarships that exclude applicants on the basis of RACE. See below, taken directly from the Palo Alto High School website. I do... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Apr 25, 2007 at 9:29 am There have been 41 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 30, 2007 at 9:42 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS SAT II Preparation Service Worthwhile? Has anyone used an SAT II preparation service and found it to be worthwhile in preparing their high school student for an SAT II test? READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Kate, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Apr 25, 2007 at 8:21 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 25, 2007 at 9:30 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School Facility Master Plan Tuesday School Board meeting will introduce the just-published Facility Master Plan for discussion.
http://www.pausd.palo-alto.ca.us/community/about/news/downloads/Faciliti... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by aw, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 24, 2007 at 8:28 am There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 29, 2007 at 9:41 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2008 In November, Californians defeated Proposition 82, the "Universal Preschool" act. April 25th, however, the "Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2008" (AB 1236), will be heard befor... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Michelle Yee, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Apr 20, 2007 at 10:16 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 22, 2007 at 10:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS First-round decision made on superintendent http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=4898
A few things I'm curious about. How is it that if PAUSD claims to hire the "best and brightest" that we can't hire... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by RWE, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Apr 19, 2007 at 10:55 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 2, 2007 at 9:28 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Faith cancels petition drive PAWeekly article about the petition to recall Grace Mah shows that Faith Brigel DOES care about PAUSD. She got incomplete/bad misinformation and when faced with the realities ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Thanks, Faith, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Apr 19, 2007 at 5:49 pm There have been 66 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 24, 2007 at 7:25 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS What's the trigger for closing a topic? Maybe I'm way out of the loop, but could someone (Tyler) explain why a topic gets locked and no more posts are allowed? Too many? Getting too ugly?
Thanks READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Curious, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Apr 18, 2007 at 11:03 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 22, 2007 at 8:41 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS American Idol - what its all about What I've learned:
I can have passion about a real issue that effects me, my children, my community and my property, and in the end it doesn't really amount to a hill of bea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Officially Retired, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 18, 2007 at 10:17 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 12, 2007 at 9:29 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Kids and a sense of community, Palo Alto vs. LAH Playing pickup ball and roaming the neighborhood with the kids who lived nearby are some of my fondest memories from childhood, and I always thought that our own child, who no... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Peninsula Dweller, a resident of another community, on Apr 17, 2007 at 8:41 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 6, 2007 at 7:44 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School principals ask for Callan's immediate resignation The organization representing principals and other managers within the school district (PAMA) has asked the Board of Education to rescind the appointment of Scott Laurence as ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online, on Apr 16, 2007 at 11:29 pm There have been 52 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 28, 2007 at 9:10 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Connections Program at JLS I would welcome any feedback about the Connections Program at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School. It is a choice program for 6th to 8th graders. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by CKL, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 16, 2007 at 11:53 am There have been 28 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2010 at 9:35 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School Lunches Since the new "healthy" lunches are not popular and running at a loss, coupled with the fact that childhood obesity is rampant, what should PAUSD do about lunches?
I have s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by PV Parent, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Apr 16, 2007 at 9:08 am There have been 51 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2007 at 1:09 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Off-Site Math Class Not Allowed on Paly Transcript! Has anyone else in the Paly community had trouble or been successful at having an AB Calc class taken at Foothill College, Stanford or The School for Independent Learners plac... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Very Concerned Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Apr 14, 2007 at 2:24 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 17, 2007 at 11:02 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Petition available to request Election for County Board seat If you want to sign the petition to overturn the appointment of Grace Mah to the county board of education,and request an election for the vacated seat on county board of educ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Observer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 13, 2007 at 9:12 pm There have been 96 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 18, 2007 at 4:58 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Anti-MI group wants election on Mah; cost =$1,000,000 So, I guess Faith Brigel has something against Grace Mah.
Over the past year, she fought tooth and nail against Mah's proposal for a Mandarin program in PAUSD.
Now she ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Everyparent, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Apr 13, 2007 at 8:13 pm There have been 53 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 20, 2007 at 9:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Discrimination in Scholarship Offerings at PAHS The Palo Alto High School site lists scholarship availability, but what I found disturbing is that some are limited by race. I don't think the school district should be engag... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Concerned Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Apr 13, 2007 at 6:07 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 16, 2007 at 7:14 pm.
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