SCHOOLS & KIDS
District submits responses in bullying case
Palo Alto school district administrators last Friday submitted the first batch of required materials to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights relating to an in... |
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on Mar 9, 2013 at 5:35 pm by more to say, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents concerned about group projects
Group projects in school emerged as a hot-button issue Tuesday, Feb. 26, as the Palo Alto Board of Education discussed the district's eight-month-old policy on homework.
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on Mar 8, 2013 at 5:36 am by flatlander, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: As district lawyers step in, disappointing spin begins
As Palo Alto school officials brace for an inevitable lawsuit stemming from its failure to respond properly to the bullying of a special-education middle school student, the d... |
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on Mar 7, 2013 at 9:48 pm by parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto teachers seek pay raise
As Palo Alto schools cheer the best financial picture they've seen in years, teachers are asking for a pay raise.
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on Mar 7, 2013 at 7:26 pm by Teacher, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn Advisory Committee Report Now Available
After a school board meeting a year ago, Gunn High School was directed by the school board to improve Gunn's guidance counseling program (Here's a link to the article by Chris... |
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on Mar 6, 2013 at 3:11 pm by Gunn Mom2, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto's 'sweethearts'
Talia Rapoport and Arthur Garzon, center, along with fellow classmates from their third grade class at Barron Park Elementary smile as Tina Underwood, far right, and parents a... |
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on Mar 5, 2013 at 9:52 pm by Walter Underwood, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New opportunities await eight local teams this week
The 2013 CIF Northern California basketball playoffs will offer a number of opportunities for eight local teams that begin play this week in Round 2 of the postseason playoffs... |
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on Mar 5, 2013 at 2:06 pm by Not Mitty Again, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
One dead, one injured in East Palo Alto shooting
Police are investigating a shooting in East Palo Alto that left a 22-year-old man dead and a boy injured on Friday evening, March 1.
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on Mar 4, 2013 at 2:38 pm by Carol, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Have you experienced the "hidden" PAUSD's manual reconstructed by "Cardinal"?
I found this brilliant posting of "Cardinal" under the article "School district critics, lawyer clash on federal probe " on PA Online yesterday. Have you sensed this idea befo... |
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on Mar 4, 2013 at 5:43 am by classified, a resident of East Palo Alto |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents demand Menlo Park reinstate gym teacher
City employees are often reminded that they work for the public -- usually when the public wants the employee terminated. But in the case of a fired gymnastics teacher, the pu... |
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on Mar 3, 2013 at 6:04 pm by N.D., a resident of Menlo Park |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park father takes child's play seriously
Mike Lanza, author of "Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play," will speak Monday, Feb. 25, on ways parents can promote neighborhood play and help kids deve... |
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on Mar 3, 2013 at 1:27 pm by Midtown Resident, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district critics, lawyer clash on federal probe
Critics of Palo Alto Superintendent Kevin Skelly and a lawyer for the school district Tuesday presented clashing perspectives on a recent probe by a federal agency of a Palo A... |
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on Mar 3, 2013 at 10:36 am by Observer, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A headmaster's parting lesson for parents
An overemphasis on college preparation is "extinguishing childhood" for too many of today's kids, says Norm Colb, who is nearing completion of his second decade as head of Men... |
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on Mar 1, 2013 at 3:12 pm by slc, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Feedback on Middle College at Foothill
My daughter has expressed an interest in Middle College at Foothill. The positives are the ability to take Foothill college courses in addition to the English and History tau... |
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on Feb 28, 2013 at 6:37 pm by thinking about it too, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto teacher salaries compared statewide
The average public school teacher in Palo Alto earns somewhere in the middle -- not the highest, not the lowest -- compared to teachers in surrounding communities.
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on Feb 27, 2013 at 7:05 pm by teacher , a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foundation gives its largest-ever gift to schools
The independent, parent-led foundation that raises money for Palo Alto public schools presented a $4.9 million donation at Tuesday's Board of Education meeting.
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on Feb 27, 2013 at 3:06 pm by Palo Alto Mom, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Intergenerational Event Brings Joy to Seniors and First Grade Students in Celebration of Purim
A feeling of love, happiness and community filled the room when first grade students from Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School made a special visit to Moldaw Residences. The chil... |
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on Feb 27, 2013 at 9:02 am by lew697, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Plagiarism website: trading post for English papers
An Internet-based plagiarism detector has become not only a tool for teachers but also a plagiarism instructor for students and a trading post for English papers.
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on Feb 26, 2013 at 8:01 am by not true, a member of the Gunn High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Panel to explore alternate post-high-school paths
Unconventional post-high-school paths will be explored Thursday in a Gunn High School panel discussion titled "OMG! I Forgot to Apply to Harvard!"
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on Feb 24, 2013 at 2:42 pm by Barbara , a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Wrestling: Not just for the boys anymore
Palo Alto and Gunn high school girls have taken to wrestling, reflecting an increasing number of who have joined wrestling teams in recent years, breaking into a sport long co... |
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on Feb 22, 2013 at 6:39 pm by Frank, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Wrestling: Not just for the boys anymore
Palo Alto and Gunn high school girls have taken to wrestling, reflecting an increasing number of who have joined wrestling teams in recent years, breaking into a sport long co... |
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on Feb 22, 2013 at 11:07 am by Gunn Alumna Mom, a member of the Gunn High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford breaks national fundraising record
Stanford University last year became the nation's first university to raise more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released this week.
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on Feb 21, 2013 at 4:48 am by Stanford Applicant, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
National Merit semi-finalists announced
Forty seniors from Palo Alto High School and 33 seniors from Gunn High School have earned recognition as semi-finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 9:25 pm by Student, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Painful bullying stories told to school board
Amid tearful recountings by parents of painful school bullying situations, Palo Alto school board members and Superintendent Kevin Skelly Tuesday night apologized and vowed t... |
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on Feb 18, 2013 at 7:35 pm by Misha, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Geometry in middle school?
Is geometry offered in middle school?
I went to the Terman website and looks like the math lanes stop at Algebra I.
A fair number of 8th graders in the Cupertino school di... |
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on Feb 18, 2013 at 5:49 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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