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School board endorses plan for new academic yearIn Palo Alto, the school board unanimously OK'd the district's plan Friday for reopening schools with some tweaks, including...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2020Last comment by Jim H, on Oct 1, 2020 at 9:28 am | 184 comments | 37690 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Police: Threat against Palo Alto High was a hoaxA threat against Palo Alto High School has led to a lockdown at Paly and the Palo Alto school district this afternoon, according...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2018Last comment by a student , on Apr 25, 2018 at 10:43 am | 48 comments | 37213 Views
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School calendar consensus emergesA consensus emerged on the touchy issue of the Palo Alto school calendar Tuesday as Board of Education members indicated...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2013Last comment by Another Palo Alto Res, on Oct 24, 2013 at 6:34 pm | 21 comments | 37182 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PE teacher charged with sexually assaulting studentA Palo Alto Unified School District physical education teacher has been charged with sexual assault on a female student,...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2022Last comment by Sterling, on Jul 12, 2022 at 10:35 pm | 57 comments | 37067 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD High School Rigor Worth It?I have to wonder how much tutoring and parental help is affecting the teacher's perceptions of our students. Depending on...
Original post made by Parent on Aug. 29, 2013Last comment by Mom, on Oct 24, 2013 at 10:21 am | 257 comments | 36423 Views
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Stanford to close off most of its campus to visitorsStanford University will ban visitors who are not affiliated with its academic programs from entering much of its campus...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Sep 15, 2020 at 10:50 am | 56 comments | 36347 Views
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Local students and grads drowning in debtWith student debt exceeding national credit-card debt — crossing the $1 trillion point last year — and college...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2013Last comment by Frank, on Sep 26, 2013 at 6:19 am | 33 comments | 36332 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Do Palo Alto's high schools give too much homework?Many Palo Alto high school students report feeling overworked, overburdened and overstressed by unrelenting workloads and...
Original post made on Jan. 30, 2015Last comment by Parent, on Feb 6, 2015 at 5:50 pm | 132 comments | 36296 Views
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Students to board: 'It's not Gunn's fault'Scores of Gunn High School students flooded the district's usually sparsely filled board room on Tuesday night to speak out...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2015Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jan 30, 2015 at 11:27 am | 35 comments | 36262 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
First Palo Alto student tests positive for coronavirusA Fletcher Middle School student has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Palo Alto school district said on Tuesday. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2020Last comment by Anonymous, on Mar 18, 2020 at 12:51 pm | 69 comments | 36098 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil rights lawyers scrutinize school districtIn a bid to start a conversation on addressing poor academic performance among students from the Ravenswood City School District...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2013Last comment by Old Palo Alto, on Jul 26, 2013 at 12:37 pm | 29 comments | 36012 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Challenge success: Are we setting the right goals for our kids?As a Palo Alto mom of a third grader and sixth grader, I admit I sometimes feel uneasy about the future. These anxious moments...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2008Last comment by why not?, on Dec 28, 2008 at 7:32 pm | 82 comments | 35914 Views
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Steve Jobs called Mountain View home as a childA childhood friend of Steve Jobs recalls that Silicon Valley's quintessential entrepreneur was partly a product of Mountain...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2011Last comment by Sharon, on Oct 13, 2011 at 10:11 pm | 4 comments | 35883 Views
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Palo Alto scales back summer school plansPalo Alto school officials are scaling back their plans for summer school next year following a court settlement and state...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2013Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Dec 20, 2013 at 12:44 pm | 55 comments | 35572 Views
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School board needs to open up discussion of OCR rulingsEight months ago our community learned that the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that Palo...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2013Last comment by not so fast, on Nov 21, 2013 at 5:41 pm | 31 comments | 35352 Views
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James Franco to teach high-school film classPeople like to use the phrase, "Only in Palo Alto." It certainly will be thrown around with the news that actor and Palo...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2015Last comment by Hmmm, on Sep 11, 2015 at 12:57 pm | 48 comments | 35276 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto parents protest new sex ed curriculumPalo Alto Unified middle school students learned about human reproduction, abstinence and healthy relationships this spring...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2017Last comment by Stay-at-home Mom, on Apr 24, 2017 at 4:30 pm | 81 comments | 34786 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board OKs timeline on opening new schoolPalo Alto school board members will vote by June on a location for a new elementary school, and also whether that school...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by Curious, on Nov 21, 2013 at 7:40 pm | 6 comments | 34649 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers get 4 percent raise in tentative pactPalo Alto teachers this year will get a 4 percent raise along with a onetime bonus of 2 percent under a tentative collective-bargaining...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2013Last comment by You scratch my back, on Nov 12, 2013 at 5:40 pm | 33 comments | 34451 Views
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New school district bullying policies given 'green light' by feds and stateAfter spending 11 months working with federal and state agencies on developing new bullying policies and complaint procedures,...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2013Last comment by This is so corrupt, on Dec 9, 2013 at 11:32 pm | 55 comments | 34364 Views
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