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Beloved Former Paly Principal Dresses Down School Board and Superintendent Over PR Hire
Buried in the "packet" for last night's school board meeting was a letter from Sandra Pearson, the former Principal of Paly. In her letter, Pearson dressed down the Board and ... |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:42 am by Wow, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Creativity and Palo Alto Schools?
I was just listening to KQED where an expert on Japanese culture was critiquing the Japanese education system for failing to promote creativity among its students. It’s going... |
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on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:51 am by parent, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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IT'S BACK!!!! Board votes to revisit MI as a choice program
Just the possibility that it might receive an application to start a charter Mandarin Immersion program has the PAUSD school board, as of this evening, reopening the question ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Jan 8, 2010 at 10:05 pm by Ed Chi, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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1967 Palo Alto high school fascism experiment becomes movie
Did you know that a movie has been made about the 1967 'Third Wave' experiment at Cubberly High School? Here's the lede from an article from today's Hollywood Reporter and a ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Jan 30, 2008 at 9:06 pm by Cougar, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Menlo Park On Track For Adopting FLES
Supporters of FLES in Palo Alto might be interested to know that, after a Nov. 20th school board vote, the Menlo Park school district is on track to adopt an elementary foreig... |
Simon Firth |
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on Dec 20, 2007 at 9:25 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Do you let your children play in your neighborhood?
A recent thread here (Web Link) raised the issue of whether we let our children play outside in our neighborhoods as much ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Oct 31, 2007 at 9:01 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Are we the worst generation of parents ever?
That's the argument of a recent article in 'Philadelphia' magazine.
Web Link
Here's the nub:
"How is it that a group of moms ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Oct 10, 2007 at 8:10 pm by concerned parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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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... |
Simon Firth |
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on May 7, 2007 at 7:55 pm by Resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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The MI process is now a farce
The MI process is now a farce.
Late on Friday, after the schools were done for the weekend, parents lucky enough to be in the know learned of a major change in the MI prop... |
Simon Firth |
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on Jan 9, 2007 at 12:40 pm by Lorraine, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Possible Compromise on Mandarin Immersion
Here's a letter I just sent to the School Board. What do people think of the idea?
Simon
Dear Board Members:
Possible Compromise on Mandarin Immersion
The upcomin... |
Simon Firth |
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on Dec 31, 2006 at 12:14 pm by JLS Mom, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
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PAUSD Immersion Programs--'Choice' or 'luck'
I'm wondering if we need to stop referring to PAUSD programs like SI and MI as ‘choice’ programs. Wouldn't it be better to call them 'luck' programs? For the many, many pare... |
Simon Firth |
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on Nov 30, 2006 at 6:53 am by curious, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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US News Rankings Redux
So I actually got around to reading the article we were all commenting on a while back. Some of the highlights....
- The school ranked #11 overall, (#4 among open enrollme... |
SkepticAl |
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on Jan 26, 2008 at 4:40 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Unhealthy Obsession
Post after post after post, thread after thread, we whine and moan and speculate, impugn all of our public servants and insult each other... isn't it about time to consider th... |
SkepticAl |
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on Jan 11, 2007 at 11:14 am by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Electing a New School Board
After watching the last several school board meetings, its clear that Dana Tom, Many Lowell, and Camille Townsend have no business being on any board. Shame on us for electin... |
Soccer Mom |
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on Jun 2, 2007 at 12:02 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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"Palo Alto" book by James Franco
I recently read the notorius book by James Franco called "Palo Alto". It is a very disturbing picture of the lives of Palo Alto teens, I wonder whether it reflects some of wha... |
Sohini |
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on Mar 10, 2011 at 1:15 pm by Sue, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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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 ... |
Someone who doesn\'t understand |
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on Mar 8, 2007 at 5:02 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Charleston narrowing is working well
I would like to thank the City of Palo Alto for the Charleston/Arastradero Plan.
I walk or bike with my children back and forth to school every day, and our school route ... |
Sonya Bradski |
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on Aug 23, 2010 at 9:25 pm by Palo Parent, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Why are Gunn fields used as dog bathrooms?
Please, I have several dogs so don't think we are animal haters.
We have noticed that Gunn fields are heavily used by tennis, LAX and soccer, baseball. When we had a game th... |
Sports parent |
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on Apr 16, 2008 at 10:46 am by palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Gunn Track Will Wrap Up Great Season
When Allegra Mayer crosses the finish line in the 3200 meters on Saturday night at the state meet in Fresno it will mark the end of one of the greatest girls' sports season in... |
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on Jun 9, 2009 at 3:46 pm by Sports Reporter, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Gunn Girls Win first game of Norcal 59-32
The girls basketball team will be arriving home in the early hours of Wednesday from Chico with a first win on their Norcal journey. Congratulations ladies!! |
Sports Reporter |
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on Mar 10, 2009 at 8:38 pm by Sports Reporter, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Gunn Girls Play NorCal Playoffs tonight in Chico
Gunn Girls Play NorCal Playoffs tonight!!
For the Gunn Girls’ Basketball squad, long road trips might mean a 20 mile trip to San Jose. Tonight, they’ll multiply that factor... |
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on Mar 10, 2009 at 2:46 pm by Sports Reporter, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Gunn Girls CCS finals tonight
Come and support the Gunn girls in their CCS final game against Mitty tonight at Santa Clara University. The game begins at 6:30 and will definitely be an exciting game. GO ... |
Sports Reporter |
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on Mar 6, 2009 at 11:18 am by Sports Reporter, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Gunn Girls & Boys Basketball Seeded into Quarters
Gunn Teams Seeded into Quarters
An absolute phenomenal season for Gunn Basketball was reflected in today's seedings for the Central Coast Section Basketball Playoffs. Both ... |
Sports Reporter |
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on Feb 25, 2009 at 7:20 pm by Titan Fan, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Gunn Girls Win CCS Quarterfinal 2-1 over Gilroy
The Gunn Varsity Girls soccer team continued their CCS success, defeating Gilroy 2-1 in a CCS quarterfinal Saturday night. The win advances the Titans into the Final Four, wi... |
Sports Reporter |
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on Feb 23, 2009 at 12:28 pm by Sports Reporter, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Dominating Win for the Titans
The Gunn Boys' Basketball squad finished up its regular season Tuesday night in emphatic fashion with a 69-30 win over Cupertino on "Senior Night" at Gunn.
If there was any... |
Sports Reporter |
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on Feb 19, 2009 at 9:46 am by Sports Reporter, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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