SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: A growing school movement
A sympathetic but defensive school board did little Tuesday night to reassure concerned parents that they shared their alarm about an academic and achievement culture in Palo ... |
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on Aug 5, 2011 at 10:53 pm by allison, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New School Year--PIE support?
All,
I (and many of you) received my packets from PAUSD and Paly this week. I am filling out the forms, this sunday morning, dutifully writing the checks to Paly, PTSA, etc.... |
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on Aug 29, 2007 at 11:36 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto couple presses for 'sense of urgency' in relieving academic stress
It seemed to come like a shot from nowhere. Ken and Michele Dauber, Palo Alto parents of five, called for "new leadership" in the Palo Alto Unified School District in a guest ... |
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on May 24, 2011 at 9:56 am by Wake up, parents, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bill for teaching climate change passes Senate
A bill authored by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, to teach climate change in California schools passed the Senate Wednesday on a 26-13 vote.
Read the full story here h... |
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on Feb 15, 2008 at 1:05 am by There ought to be a law AGAINST THIS !, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents ask schools superintendent for languages
Parents and schools' Superintendent Kevin Skelly faced off at a public forum Wednesday over including foreign languages in the district's Strategic Plan.
Read the full story ... |
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on May 7, 2008 at 9:55 pm by Parent, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents, school officials, exchange tense words
Frustrated parents interrupted school district officials Sunday evening in a sometimes tense discussion of the emotional well-being of Palo Alto students. Sunday's gathering, ... |
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on Feb 25, 2011 at 6:26 pm by Bill Johnson, publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
If Mandarin Immersion is adopted fluent Mandarin speaking children should be excluded
I am not necessarily against a Mandarin immersion program but if one is adopted children who already speak Chinese (any dialect) should be excluded.
If fluent Chinese speak... |
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on Jan 4, 2007 at 11:25 pm by Bill, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Out of bounds? Drawing the line between 'motivational' and 'abusive' coaching in Palo Alto high schools -- Part 1
Some coaches generate explosions of parent and player complaints. Others inspire impassioned praise and loyalty. Sometimes it's the same coach. A special report.
Read the ... |
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on May 23, 2010 at 8:14 pm by PA student, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Caucasian enrollment dips below 50 percent
As Palo Alto classrooms grow more racially diverse, Caucasian enrollment for the first time has dipped below 50 percent. This fall's ethnicity breakdown in the K-12 Palo Alto ... |
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on Oct 6, 2011 at 10:39 am by HawkeyePierce, a resident of Stanford |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students, parents rally against 'hate' group
More than 250 people gathered at the southeast corner of the Gunn High School campus in Palo Alto this morning in opposition to five demonstrators from the Westboro Baptist Ch... |
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on Feb 3, 2010 at 10:13 am by gogunn, a member of the Gunn High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents ask Palo Alto to be anti-stress role model
Frustrated parents Tuesday challenged the Palo Alto Board of Education to make local schools "a role model nationally" in stress reduction.
Read the full story here http://w... |
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on Jun 8, 2011 at 5:44 am by newcomer, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Thirty teens dropped from Palo Alto school rolls
Thirty students were dropped from Palo Alto public school rolls this fall when their parents were unable to verify their residency in the school district. In a crackdown on no... |
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on Oct 21, 2010 at 7:02 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PA school language plan may cost too much
A detailed new plan to start teaching foreign languages in elementary schools may be too expensive for Palo Alto, school board members told a study group Tuesday night.
Rea... |
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on Apr 23, 2008 at 1:26 pm by Paly reporter, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents demand probe of 'egg war' investigation
Angry Palo Alto High School parents are calling for a probe by the school board and district superintendent into how Paly officials conducted a two-week investigation of the O... |
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on Nov 25, 2009 at 10:13 pm by A Noun Ea Mus, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New civil-rights complaints filed against Palo Alto district
The Palo Alto Unified School District received notification last week that federal investigators are probing two new cases brought to them by district parents last month, acco... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 10:56 am by Eileen 1, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
"Chinese mothers superior" article
Most of you have read or heard about Wall Street Journal article by a Yale law professor "Why Chinese mothers are superior" which spurred heated discussion all over the countr... |
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on Feb 8, 2011 at 10:35 am by VoiceOfReason, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Eminent Domain and more is on the way for Palo Alto
The high speed rail will create a significant amount of eminent domain in Palo Alto (or worse - the state may just seize chunks of people's back yards without buying the prop... |
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on Dec 13, 2008 at 2:09 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School District Overcrowding – how bad is it?
As the school year begins, it’s frustrating to watch this district become more and more crowded every year without a solution in sight. I’m trying to get a sense of what’s hap... |
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on Sep 12, 2007 at 3:27 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School stakeholders clash over math
Palo Alto school board members Tuesday struggled to find common ground between district staff's enthusiastic support of a new K-5 math textbook and substantial parent oppositi... |
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on Apr 25, 2009 at 2:50 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Bullying case reveals systemic problems in school district
Palo Alto school district leaders and parents should be shocked and saddened by the portrait painted in a scathing investigative report from the U.S. Department of Education.
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on Feb 15, 2013 at 10:04 am by Jen, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto High principal reflects on 'egg wars'
Eleven Palo Alto High School students were suspended and about seven more received "consequences" for participating in an Oct. 27 "egg war" on the Gunn High School campus, Pal... |
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on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:50 am by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MI letter to school board
Is anyone curious about the content of the letter that Dana Tom brought forth into the public domain at last night's PAUSD board meeting?
This is the letter that 9 MI suppo... |
Board Observer |
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on May 10, 2007 at 3:41 pm by pa resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Plagiarism at Paly grad events sparks discussion
Two recent Palo Alto High School graduates learned a very public lesson about plagiarism, thanks to the same source that tripped them up — the Internet.
Read the full sto... |
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on Jun 27, 2008 at 10:12 am by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
French or not at Paly?
Hello all,
i have heard that one of the high schools (Paly) will cancel the upper most French class (French 5AP) or has actually already cancelled it. I am not sure why one... |
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on Sep 6, 2007 at 11:51 am by Palo alto mom, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paly High tries for booze-free dances
Two limousines that arrived at Palo Alto High School's April prom full of teenagers reeking of alcohol — who verbally abused administrators after testing positive for dr... |
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on Jun 11, 2008 at 4:37 pm by paly parent, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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