SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students, PTSA head face off over news
A tense stand-off occurred Tuesday between Palo Alto High School's journalism students and PTSA President Preeva Tramiel when she threatened to cut funding to student publicat... |
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on Apr 30, 2008 at 3:01 pm by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Black students to schools: 'raise expectations'
In a sometimes tense discussion, African-American students and a parent challenged the Board of Education Tuesday night to set higher expectations for black students in Palo A... |
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on Oct 29, 2011 at 9:13 am by Perspective, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Residents fume over Arastradero Road project
Frustrated residents gave City of Palo Alto officials an earful Thursday night over a trial restriping project along Arastradero Road, with some balking at city data that show... |
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on Sep 12, 2011 at 9:10 pm by a new driver, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board approves $3.8M in budget cuts
The Palo Alto school board Tuesday approved $3.8 million in cuts, about 2.5 percent of the district's operating budget. The largest single chunk of the cuts -- $600,000 -- wil... |
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on Jul 28, 2010 at 3:46 pm by Erin, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Expert: Treat junk food like cigarettes
America will solve its obesity problem when eating junk food becomes as socially unacceptable as smoking cigarettes. That was the message of David Kessler, former chief of the... |
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on Feb 13, 2010 at 8:50 am by Fat man, a resident of Stanford |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
County Board of Education: new running candidate:Ellen Santiago
Last week, a few of us met with Ellen Santiago, who is running for a seat on the County Board of Education against incumbent Grace Mah, I was positively impressed.
Her backgr... |
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on Oct 29, 2008 at 11:40 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Climate change and planning for our kids' futures
Is a habitable planet as important as, say, a good college education? There's a big disconnect in this community around attitudes about global warming, particularly for those ... |
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on Feb 18, 2007 at 10:15 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High cost and admission requirements of colleges
I want to hear from middle class parents of average students about how they prepare for dealing with ever rising costs and admission requirements of colleges these days.
Loc... |
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on May 21, 2010 at 8:30 am by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto STAR test results above average
Palo Alto students score above state levels of proficiency in math and English-language arts tests and show general increases over last year's district-wideresults, according ... |
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on Aug 27, 2009 at 12:17 pm by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
City urged to move Matadero Creek Trail
The proposed Matadero Creek Trail is so disliked by Midtown Palo Alto residents that they have told the city to change the project's name.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 2:32 pm by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: The path forward for Palo Alto school board
Faced with its biggest governance crisis since former school superintendent Mary Frances Callan was fired in 2006, Palo Alto's five elected school board members are on the edg... |
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on Mar 10, 2013 at 12:13 am by village fool, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Scholar shares research on Tinsley program
A scholar analyzed academic results of students in the Tinsley Voluntary Transfer Program. But she said the social outcomes of the program are likely to be just as important... |
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on Nov 7, 2012 at 10:56 pm by Answer, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto teachers seek share of budget surplus
Teachers in the Palo Alto school district are asking for a one-time, 1 percent stipend, sharing in an end-of-year surplus in the school district.
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on Jun 30, 2012 at 12:52 pm by K, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Can teachers pay someone to grade their students papers?
My son came home with a graded English essay. Although he was not really happy with the grade, I commented that at least this paper had a lot of feedback written on it, (thi... |
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on Feb 1, 2010 at 8:40 pm by sufficiently competent, a resident of the The Greenhouse neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PTA forum packed after latest student death
Sobered by the fourth Caltrain death of a Palo Alto student in six months, more than 400 parents and students packed the auditorium of Cubberley Community Center Wednesday nig... |
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on Jan 12, 2010 at 9:51 am by FvygWIVJ, a resident of Woodside |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Family explores 'largest gift ever' for Paly athletics
An anonymous Palo Alto family is considering making a "major" donation to help transform indoor athletic facilities at Palo Alto High School by August 2015.
Read the full sto... |
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on Feb 14, 2013 at 1:28 pm by JA3+, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tough Question - Is an MI Charter School legal?
PAUSD already offers an established, well respected, highly modeled Language Immersion program. (What PAUSD doesn't offer is enough spots in their current program - there alw... |
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on Mar 24, 2007 at 10:37 pm by Board Observer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Driven to succeed: How we're depriving teens of a sense of purpose
Many Palo Alto adolescents spend their high school years in a contest for credentials, accumulating grades, scores and accolades they hope to leverage into a rosy future at a ... |
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on Nov 30, 2011 at 4:33 pm by Citizen, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The kids in neighborhood surrounding Ohlone school area get the worst deal in the school boundary proposal
Are you aware of the proposed school boundaries and how it affects the neighborhood surrounding Ohlone school area, which south of Oregon Expwy to the proximity of Loma Verde ... |
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on Aug 18, 2011 at 10:53 am by AA, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn hits top 100 in Newsweek ranking
Gunn High School ranked 81st in a list produced by Newsweek and based on how many students take college-level exams, the media firm announced Monday. Superintendent Kevin Skel... |
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on May 28, 2010 at 8:48 am by Resident, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel tax campaign will be positive, chairs say
Three parents leading the effort to renew Palo Alto's school parcel tax Tuesday vowed to mount a campaign that will unite the community around its schools. The three, Tracy St... |
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on Jan 27, 2010 at 2:08 pm by a mom, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Immersed in Mandarin
The world's most widely spoken language, Mandarin Chinese, increasingly is being spoken by the children of Palo Alto.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Nov 20, 2009 at 5:01 pm by Engineer, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Concerns aired over Mandarin immersion
Nearly 100 parents packed the multi-purpose room at Ohlone Elementary School Thursday night to question Palo Alto Unified School District administrators and lawyers and speak ... |
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on Jun 12, 2007 at 9:39 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD Allows Cyber-Hate at Paly & Gunn
100+ students at Paly and Gunn participated in an "I Hate x" Facebook group directed at a fellow student. And despite a new CA on-line harassment law, the schools and PAUSD a... |
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on Mar 11, 2009 at 10:17 am by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
We were duped on Measure A
Were we duped with Measure A? The board doesn't seem to get the connection. They asked for parcel tax increase of about $435 per parcel because the district was in dire str... |
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on Jan 13, 2007 at 4:11 pm by John, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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