Posted by Pausd parent , a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Jul 28, 2012 at 9:30 am

I am pleased to hear Camille will be running. Since we are losing Barbara at least we will have Camille sticking it out to finish her work particularly on the budget.

I think she and Melissa should be applaudde for running again

With all that is going on in our district. Thanks Camille for being so dedicated.

Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jul 28, 2012 at 10:54 am

I would like to thank all our present board members for doing what is a thankless task which many of us would be unwilling or unable to commit our energies as well as they have done.

I agree with the criticisms of Camille being long winded and did not agree with her stand on the MI issue, but nonetheless I have found her a dedicated board member and very personable to talk to.

But, I think we need some new faces on our school board. The last election was a non event due to no new candidates. This time we have one fresh face in Heidi, but I do not think she should be an automatic replacement.

In the not too distant past we have had some excellent candidates who narrowly missed succeeding. I am thinking particularly of Wayne Martin and Claude Ezran who have both been very visible in Palo Alto issues since losing. I would love to see either of them or others also enter the race. I would also like to get down to candidates discussing the issues which are presently hot topics in PAUSD, namely calendar, curriculum, counseling, enrollment and Cubberley/new schools.

Posted by parents, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Jul 28, 2012 at 4:27 pm

She is simply too controversial.

Posted by PaloAltoParent, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Sep 4, 2012 at 11:35 am

Anyone wonder why a PAUSD board member would opt to send her own child to a private school while meddling in the affairs of public schools? Should they even seek another term let alone be elected again?

Posted by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Sep 4, 2012 at 11:48 am

Of the current candidates, as far as I know, they all have children either in PAUSD or who have graduated from PAUSD.

As far as sending a child to a private school - many parents who are extremely active in PAUSD send some of their kids to private schools that can provide something that PAUSD can not. PAUSD does not have a gifted school, an all girls school, a performing arts school, etc.