SCHOOLS & KIDS
Why MI at Ohlone is a Good Deal for PAUSD
Every thread associated with Mandarin Immersion recently in the Town Square has been dominated by critics. We have learned a lot about perceived and actual drawbacks. What we ... |
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on Jun 5, 2007 at 3:25 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Weekly calls for halt to confidential school board memos
The Palo Alto Weekly has learned that school district Superintendent Kevin Skelly has been sending confidential weekly memos to Board of Education members, creating possible v... |
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on Jun 1, 2012 at 9:13 am by Rajiv Bhateja, a member of the Hoover School community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Description, sketch and observant cop led to the arrest
The arrest last week of Todd David Burpee on charges he beat, kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 17-year-old Gunn High School student Tuesday, Oct. 30, came about in large par... |
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on Jan 10, 2009 at 7:01 pm by mom of 8 black young men, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Setting the wrong example
My Nov. 7 column about school bullying in Palo Alto generated some thoughtful responses and triggered a thread on Palo Alto Online's Town Square forum with numerous opinions o... |
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on Dec 15, 2008 at 11:15 am by Ken, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
OpEd: Don't sacrifice August by forcing early school start
The August summer break for Palo Alto schoolchildren and their families is on the chopping block, and little will be gained from the sacrifice. Whether it will live or die wil... |
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on May 10, 2011 at 6:21 pm by Paly Grad 09, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Anti-Rumsfeld petition tops 3,200 signatures
The petition being circulated in the Stanford University community protesting the one-year appointment of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to the Hoover Institution as... |
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on Nov 30, 2007 at 5:57 pm by Stanford\'s Shame, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board boosts staffing with new funds
With a rosier budget outlook than they've had in years, members of the Palo Alto Board of Education Tuesday night unanimously voted to add $2.6 million in expenditures to its ... |
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on Mar 16, 2013 at 9:52 am by village fool, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Unprofessional/unsafe PAUSD residency checks
A man from PAUSD just rang my door bell at 6:40 PM and expected me to open my door since he had a PAUSD tag around his neck. Being alone and not being an expert in self defens... |
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on Feb 21, 2009 at 10:16 pm by Sorry, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Police chief explains Children's Theatre probe
"Tens of thousands of dollars" are involved in the investigation of the Palo Alto Children's Theatre, Police Chief Lynne Johnson said Friday in a statement to the community.
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on Mar 13, 2008 at 2:07 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Daughter alleges misconduct in father's arrest
The daughter of Menlo Park resident William Burnett, an assistant professor at Stanford University, is alleging police misconduct in connection with his arrest on suspicion of... |
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on Dec 16, 2011 at 12:53 am by Anonymous, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tunnels to be considered for high-speed rail
As Palo Altans continue to define their love-hate relationship with the high-speed-rail project, residents and city officials are increasingly looking to deep-underground tunn... |
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on Feb 26, 2009 at 1:11 pm by Sara Armstrong, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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.
Read the full stor... |
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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 |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
District moves to correct civil-rights violations
A Palo Alto special-education student whose complaints of bullying and harassment led to a federal civil-rights investigation and a scathing reprimand of the school district r... |
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on Feb 24, 2013 at 5:11 pm by wondering, a member of the Terman Middle School 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 |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
San Francisco Airport Incoming Flight Patterns and Noise Pollution
Is it my imagination or have the incoming flight patterns changed such that more flights into San Francisco Airport are brought in directly over Palo Alto? Are planes flying l... |
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on Feb 16, 2013 at 3:57 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Feds: School district violated student's civil rights
The Palo Alto Unified School district's mishandling of a middle-school student's long struggle against bullying violated federal anti-discrimination laws and requires remedial... |
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on Feb 12, 2013 at 3:46 pm by second generation \"victim\", a member of the Ohlone School community |
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.
I get this informat... |
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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 |
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