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Palo Altans Barbara Spreng and Grace Mah candidates to fill SC County Board of Education vacancies
Enough said? Perhaps the County Board of Education would like imput from the Palo Alto community before they vote on March 27.
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Andrea |
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on Mar 27, 2007 at 2:05 pm by Barbara Spreng, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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ACS session today for friends, classmates of Garth Li
Adolescent Counseling Services offers Friends & Classmates of Garth Li Gathering Wednesday July 19th 1:30-2:45pm Light refreshments will be provided (Feel free to bring lunch)... |
PALY mother |
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 1:46 pm by PALY mother, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Spanish classes full?
My 7th grader has just got home from school. His first choice elective was Spanish which he hasn't got. I have called the school and it seems that they can't change him into S... |
Middle School Parent |
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on Sep 8, 2007 at 10:20 pm by Thoughts, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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What can be done about teen drinking & drinking/driving
Now may be a good time to get this community to focus on some positive ideas to help all of us in these two very important issues. I say two issues, because they are similar b... |
Parent |
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on Nov 16, 2006 at 6:46 pm by Paly Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Is Gunn High School's student culture racist?
A pretty good definition of a racist is someone who, when trying to explain any particular set of human behaviors, thinks first to offer an explanation in terms of race. Such... |
PA Dad |
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on Jun 2, 2008 at 9:06 am by Jerry Underdal, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Menlo Park considering suspending Tinsley Settlement
Tinsley settlement
The Tinsley voluntary transfer program resulted from a 1986 court settlement over a desegregation lawsuit. It requires the Menlo Park district to accept 24... |
palo alto mom |
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on Jan 1, 2010 at 6:43 am by Don\'t hold EPA back!, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Three new courses proposed for Paly
Sports nutrition, cars and physics are the subjects of three new classes proposed for Palo Alto High School next year. The Board of Education will discuss the proposals tonigh... |
Editor |
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on Feb 17, 2012 at 1:52 pm by Completely Agree with Wow, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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School teacher salaries published
Los Altos school district published school salary schedules for teachers and management. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they are quite reasonable.
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PA Resident |
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on Oct 20, 2009 at 8:19 pm by High School teacher, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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James Franco's "Palo Alto": Are things really this awful?
I recently read through some of James Franco's collection of short stories, "Palo Alto". He grew up in Palo Alto and all the stories are set here, so it was pretty cool to se... |
Adobe |
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on Aug 24, 2011 at 6:44 am by Ajiax, a resident of another community |
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Town and Country Canal
Why has Town and Country fenced off a rather narrow walkway from the cross walk across the parking lot? Why must all students walk only one way around the shopping center? Wh... |
Paly Parent |
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on Aug 26, 2006 at 11:07 am by Carol, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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We are over stretching and over stressing our kids!!
We now have two tutoring services in midtown. I believe that the evidence from some of the recent threads, plus these two very busy tutoring services, that we are going overbo... |
Parent |
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on Mar 5, 2007 at 9:03 pm by A PERENT, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Angry parents derail school-calendar vote
A Palo Alto school district plan to shift first-semester final exams to before the December break starting next year was – literally -- shouted down by a group of angry ... |
Editor |
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on Nov 14, 2010 at 5:50 pm by equality, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Is Diligence on New Superintendent Sufficient?
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If the current first choice for Sperintendent holds up, I wish him well.
What many are curious about at this po... |
RWE |
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on May 19, 2007 at 3:13 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Another "incident" at Paly - suspect arrested
Just received an email from Paly Principal with information about another incident at Paly. Students warned to watch out, and so on and so forth.
The underlying message is ... |
Paly Parent |
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on Jan 23, 2008 at 5:07 pm by Concerned Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Important PAUSD Vote on January 9th
Please be aware that the results of the Feasibility Study for the Mandarin Immersion proposal have been moved up by the District Staff and will be presented to the Board on De... |
Jamie Maltz |
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on Nov 8, 2006 at 9:19 am by Concerned Parent in Barron Park, a member of the Juana Briones School community |
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On Back-to-School Night, a new teacher is live bait
From either side of the desk, Back-to-School Night is a memorable occasion -- the equivalent of American Idol, The Real World and Survivor all rolled in to one. In 10-minute t... |
Lisa Mendelman |
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on Sep 27, 2006 at 12:56 pm by Jen H., a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Celebration of life set Saturday for fifth-grade teacher
A celebration of life has been set for George Flath, a popular fifth-grade teacher at Hoover Elementary School in Palo Alto who died unexpectedly Jan. 30 after flu-like sympto... |
Editor |
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on Feb 4, 2012 at 8:02 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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A NIMBY speaks to Mandarin Immersion
I find it interesting that Karen Karpen and Glenn Krasner had a letter to the Editor published in the Town Talk yesterday about how disappointed they were about the Board bein... |
NIMBY |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 1:44 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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South PA growth means new school boundaries
As south Palo Alto schools swell with new students, it is time for the school district to consider redrawing school-attendance boundaries, Assistant Superintendent Scott Laure... |
Editor |
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on Apr 11, 2008 at 2:51 pm by Chapstick, a resident of Mountain View |
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Who donated funding for the MI feasibility study?
On January 3rd, the PA Weekly published an editorial: Make 2007 the 'Year of Openness.' It begins by saying, "Both city and school district leaders need to re-commit to idea o... |
pat |
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on Jan 31, 2007 at 2:50 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Crackdown on adult 'teen party' hosts approved
A "social host" ordinance designed to crack down on adults who allow "Animal House"-like parties -- or any gathering of more than four teens involving alcohol -- was approved ... |
Editor |
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on Dec 17, 2007 at 12:23 pm by Paly77, a resident of Mountain View |
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Looking for further information on the Board's Action re: Administrators
I'm wondering if anyone has heard anything more about the Board's intended action re: the Administrators' letter. Discourse kind of devolved in the last couple of threads, an... |
waiting for the light |
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on Oct 20, 2006 at 12:57 pm by Periwinkle, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Parental Communication With Paly Online
Paly's online communication system "InClass" is only being used by two of my son's teachers. Seems to me that it is a huge advantage to both the student and his/her parents i... |
Parent |
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on Jan 6, 2010 at 11:31 pm by Mom, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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MI Lottery Applications - interest is Low, not High
I beg to differ with Kristina Petersen’s assessment of the meaning and importance of number of applicants for the Mandarin Immersion program. The article in the Daily today s... |
Parent |
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on Mar 27, 2008 at 2:40 pm by check the other schools, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Save the Hidden Villa legacy
I have just learned of the awful possibility of Hidden Villa's 12-day summer camp closing, and I got a pang in my stomach just at the thought of losing it. My daughter, Katie,... |
Francie Kelley |
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on Jul 6, 2006 at 2:36 pm by Very Tas, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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