SCHOOLS & KIDS Editorial: The path forward for Palo Alto school board Faced with its biggest governance crisis since former school superintendent Mary Frances Callan was fired in 2006, Palo Alto's five elected school board members are on the edg... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 8, 2013 at 7:30 am There have been 69 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 10, 2013 at 12:13 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS New opportunities await eight local teams this week The 2013 CIF Northern California basketball playoffs will offer a number of opportunities for eight local teams that begin play this week in Round 2 of the postseason playoffs... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 5, 2013 at 2:06 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2013 at 2:06 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Palo Alto's 'sweethearts' Talia Rapoport and Arthur Garzon, center, along with fellow classmates from their third grade class at Barron Park Elementary smile as Tina Underwood, far right, and parents a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 4, 2013 at 3:46 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 5, 2013 at 9:52 pm.
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Note the third to last paragraph regarding PAUSD schools... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by A weary parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Mar 3, 2013 at 10:20 pm There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 10, 2013 at 10:54 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Gunn Advisory Committee Report Now Available After a school board meeting a year ago, Gunn High School was directed by the school board to improve Gunn's guidance counseling program (Here's a link to the article by Chris... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Gunn Parent, a member of the Gunn High School community, on Mar 3, 2013 at 4:14 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 6, 2013 at 3:11 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS One dead, one injured in East Palo Alto shooting Police are investigating a shooting in East Palo Alto that left a 22-year-old man dead and a boy injured on Friday evening, March 1.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 2, 2013 at 4:29 pm There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2013 at 2:38 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Parents concerned about group projects Group projects in school emerged as a hot-button issue Tuesday, Feb. 26, as the Palo Alto Board of Education discussed the district's eight-month-old policy on homework.
Read... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 2, 2013 at 1:56 pm There have been 49 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 8, 2013 at 5:36 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Editorial: As district lawyers step in, disappointing spin begins As Palo Alto school officials brace for an inevitable lawsuit stemming from its failure to respond properly to the bullying of a special-education middle school student, the d... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 1, 2013 at 7:53 am There have been 223 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 7, 2013 at 9:48 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Paly - Another Honors class not Honorably ranked by UC? Is it correct that it turns out that a Chemistry H. class just followed Physics H. class, which followed an English H. class - UC will not weigh as honors?
English H. - http:... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by just wondering, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Feb 28, 2013 at 10:12 pm There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 11, 2013 at 8:21 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Palo Alto teachers seek pay raise As Palo Alto schools cheer the best financial picture they've seen in years, teachers are asking for a pay raise.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 28, 2013 at 4:31 pm There have been 89 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 7, 2013 at 7:26 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Have you experienced the "hidden" PAUSD's manual reconstructed by "Cardinal"? I found this brilliant posting of "Cardinal" under the article "School district critics, lawyer clash on federal probe " on PA Online yesterday. Have you sensed this idea befo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mom, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 6:48 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2013 at 5:43 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School district critics, lawyer clash on federal probe Critics of Palo Alto Superintendent Kevin Skelly and a lawyer for the school district Tuesday presented clashing perspectives on a recent probe by a federal agency of a Palo A... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 27, 2013 at 7:31 am There have been 110 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 3, 2013 at 10:36 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Parents demand Menlo Park reinstate gym teacher City employees are often reminded that they work for the public -- usually when the public wants the employee terminated. But in the case of a fired gymnastics teacher, the pu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 26, 2013 at 6:13 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 3, 2013 at 6:04 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Foundation gives its largest-ever gift to schools The independent, parent-led foundation that raises money for Palo Alto public schools presented a $4.9 million donation at Tuesday's Board of Education meeting.
Read the full... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 26, 2013 at 2:27 pm There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 27, 2013 at 3:06 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Plagiarism website: trading post for English papers An Internet-based plagiarism detector has become not only a tool for teachers but also a plagiarism instructor for students and a trading post for English papers.
Read the fu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 23, 2013 at 11:12 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 26, 2013 at 8:01 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Wrestling: Not just for the boys anymore Palo Alto and Gunn high school girls have taken to wrestling, reflecting an increasing number of who have joined wrestling teams in recent years, breaking into a sport long co... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 22, 2013 at 11:30 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 22, 2013 at 6:39 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Wrestling: Not just for the boys anymore Palo Alto and Gunn high school girls have taken to wrestling, reflecting an increasing number of who have joined wrestling teams in recent years, breaking into a sport long co... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 22, 2013 at 11:07 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 22, 2013 at 11:07 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS District submits responses in bullying case Palo Alto school district administrators last Friday submitted the first batch of required materials to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights relating to an in... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 22, 2013 at 10:37 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 9, 2013 at 5:35 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Menlo Park father takes child's play seriously Mike Lanza, author of "Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play," will speak Monday, Feb. 25, on ways parents can promote neighborhood play and help kids deve... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 22, 2013 at 10:09 am There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 3, 2013 at 1:27 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS PAUSD needs an independent public investigation of bullying and student civil rights Along with many Palo Alto residents, I was disappointed to learn last week that the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) found that PAUSD violated the civ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ken Dauber, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2013 at 12:12 am There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 5, 2013 at 12:32 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS middle school electives hi all,
my middle schooler and i are trying to decide what electives need to be taken in 7th gr. i hear that 2 years of middle school language equates one year of high schoo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by ED, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood, on Feb 20, 2013 at 7:39 pm There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 22, 2013 at 9:20 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Stanford breaks national fundraising record Stanford University last year became the nation's first university to raise more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released this week.
Read the full sto... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 20, 2013 at 11:35 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 21, 2013 at 4:48 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Panel to explore alternate post-high-school paths Unconventional post-high-school paths will be explored Thursday in a Gunn High School panel discussion titled "OMG! I Forgot to Apply to Harvard!"
Read the full story here ht... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 20, 2013 at 8:05 am There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 24, 2013 at 2:42 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS A headmaster's parting lesson for parents An overemphasis on college preparation is "extinguishing childhood" for too many of today's kids, says Norm Colb, who is nearing completion of his second decade as head of Men... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 15, 2013 at 9:10 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 1, 2013 at 3:12 pm.
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