The school districts and counties mentioned in this article are far removed from the excellence of Palo Alto and Los Altos public schools.

It does not concern or involve midpeninsula parents, students and teachers.

Whatever transpires in regions hundreds of miles away is their problem, not ours.

It certainly is our problem for PAUSD low income students!
The District has never been able to overcome its wide Achievement Gap, meaning it’s unable to educate all student equally/equitably well.
As of a few years ago (I haven’t checked lately), some local Districts (MV) did somewhat better).
We have a looong way to go in Palo Alto.

My cousin is a teacher. The standards for teachers are low; she is completely inept. They wanted her to teach high school history, English, and another subject. She has no interest or background except English. She quit that job. She also quit a job as a Spanish teacher, as she doesn't even speak the language. She is not a one-off, my son's Paly English teacher cannot even write a sentence without grammatical errors. Teachers back in the 70s-80s were good teachers. These days, no so much.