SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents praise school vote on academic stress
Parents who have lobbied the Palo Alto Unified School District about excessive academic stress said they were pleased with a Tuesday school board vote on the subject.
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on Oct 14, 2011 at 11:53 pm by Maeve Grogan, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Everyday Mathematics' authors to visit Palo Alto
Authors of Everyday Mathematics, the new textbook in Palo Alto's elementary classrooms this fall, will visit Palo Alto Sept. 30 for a session with parents.
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on Oct 9, 2009 at 10:11 pm by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Kevin Skelly regrets achievement-gap comments
Palo Alto schools Superintendent Kevin Skelly Monday night apologized to about three dozen mostly minority parents for his skeptical statements about closing the achievement g... |
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on Jun 12, 2011 at 12:06 pm by California Mom, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
SEIU plans to stay on the job -- for now
Palo Alto's largest labor union voted Tuesday night to oppose city-imposed benefit reduction and vowed to take "strong actions" in coming weeks to demonstrate its displeasure ... |
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on Nov 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm by Another Ex Employee, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Beyond Tinsley: Two former students look back
Raised in East Palo Alto, Laura Martinez spent her childhood crossing the freeway each weekday to go to school. As a student in the Palo Alto Unified School District through t... |
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on May 29, 2012 at 9:45 pm by Just Me??, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Victor Frost cited for violating sit-lie ordinance
Long-time Palo Alto panhandler and a perennial City Council candidate Victor Frost received a citation Tuesday as he sat at his usual spot along Homer Avenue -- nine months af... |
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on Jun 28, 2009 at 12:40 pm by A. F., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Reverse Lottery at Palo Verde
I got a letter from Palo Verde today saying that due to over enrollment there is a reverse lottery that will take place on Apr 28. Whichever name gets picked out will get over... |
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on May 5, 2010 at 11:18 am by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foreign Languages Fade in Class � Except Chinese
Would be interested to know what folks think of this article in the NYT about foreign language instruction. It seems to me that our local schools should be offering Chinese l... |
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on Feb 1, 2010 at 8:04 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
High-speed rail worries Peninsula residents
The state agency charged with building a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles has yet to convince Peninsula residents about the merits of having electr... |
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on Feb 5, 2009 at 10:22 am by supporter, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Libraries are the hot topic in Palo Alto
People in Palo Alto are either firmly fixed to their views to vote either yes or no, or confused. There doesn't seem to be many who couldn't care less.
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on Sep 24, 2008 at 12:42 pm by paloaltolibraries, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bonds for libraries, 'COPs' for police building
Recognizing that a $69-million public safety bond measure is unlikely to garner the needed two-thirds voter support, the Palo Alto City Council voted 7-2 Monday night to draw ... |
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on Feb 21, 2008 at 12:06 pm by spend spend, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Rumsfeld appointment sparks Stanford protest
The appointment of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to a one-year position as a "distinguished visiting fellow" at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University has tr... |
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on Sep 25, 2007 at 8:08 pm by Stanford\'s Shame, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Six school board candidates vie for three spots
Three months before the election, with three seats up for grabs, six people have expressed interest in running for the Palo Alto Board of Education, according to Santa Clara C... |
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on Aug 23, 2007 at 8:29 am by extreme measures, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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... |
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on Apr 18, 2007 at 4:58 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
High-speed rail station a tough sell in Palo Alto
High-speed trains could glide through Palo Alto within a decade or so, but they probably won't be stopping at University Avenue as they whisk passengers between San Francisco ... |
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on Aug 30, 2010 at 2:59 pm by Dan, a resident of another community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Rail directors told to lay low in Midpeninsula
Two members of the California High-Speed Rail Authority board of directors have been advised by agency staff not to participate in public hearings on the Midpeninsula, where r... |
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on Aug 14, 2010 at 6:23 pm by Spokker, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Asst. City Manager discipline details released
With the release of documents relating to the suspension of assistant city manager Emily Harrison (see story at Web Link) do y... |
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on May 3, 2007 at 8:51 am by Phil, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A money-back 'guarantee' of college admission?
Steven Ma says his business is "hated by most colleges." But the business -- helping Asian-American students, and students from China, get into U.S. colleges -- is thriving an... |
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on Oct 5, 2012 at 1:31 pm by Huh?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Change school calendar,' Stanford lecturer says
Palo Alto schools will "see the benefit" if they change their academic calendar to end the first semester before the December break, a Stanford University researcher on studen... |
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on May 9, 2011 at 12:43 pm by poorjuniors, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto homeless man in court for violating sit-lie ordinance
Victor Frost is a familiar person to many people who shop at Whole Foods market in downtown Palo Alto. He sits across Homer Avenue from the market with a sign asking people to... |
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on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:04 am by reader, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Strongarm robbery of iPod leads to six arrests
The strongarm robbery of an iPod Touch from a youth who was knocked off his skateboard in the 200 block of Everett Avenue in north Palo Alto Friday evening led to the arrest o... |
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on Jan 12, 2009 at 5:09 pm by TwoSides, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Is Gunn High School's student culture racist?
A pretty good definition of a racist is someone who, when trying to explain any particular set of human behaviors, thinks first to offer an explanation in terms of race. Such... |
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on Jun 2, 2008 at 9:06 am by Jerry Underdal, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto earns 'D' in service to minority students
For the second year in a row the Palo Alto school district has earned low grades from a group that evaluates how well California's largest school districts serve Latino, Afric... |
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on Mar 26, 2012 at 12:08 am by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents, teachers debate school calendar shift
Parents and teachers packed a Palo Alto Board of Education meeting Tuesday night to argue the pros and cons of shifting the academic calendar to end the first semester before ... |
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on May 3, 2011 at 10:45 am by skeptic, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Firefighters' petition heads for November ballot
A proposal by Palo Alto's firefighters union to freeze the staffing levels at the Fire Department is bound for the November ballot after the union received more than enough si... |
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on Jun 24, 2010 at 1:46 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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