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What gives the school the right to give my child homework?This is a legitimate question. I called the California Department of Education today and they did not know the answer. What...
Original post made by Parent on Dec. 18, 2014Last comment by Overload, on Aug 5, 2016 at 9:05 am | 481 comments | 790859 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Student with 3.85 GPA gets rejection letters from UCsHi, My friend's daughter got 3.85 GPA, had 5 AP classes in high school, was on competitive swimming team, volunteered...
Original post made by Parent on May. 28, 2012Last comment by Nayeli, on Jun 28, 2017 at 7:48 pm | 373 comments | 649225 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School documents and source materialsIn addition to documents and other original source material linked within news stories, other material obtained from the...
Original post made on Nov. 24, 2013There are no comments yet. 412465 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paly school board rep: 'The sorrows of young Palo Altans'My stress began in elementary school, where students were segregated into separate class meetings as "early" and "late" readers,...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2015Last comment by BalancedParent, on Mar 30, 2017 at 3:54 pm | 487 comments | 388978 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents: Keep calm and parent onI am a psychiatrist. After the tragedy last week, my phone has not stopped ringing with calls from concerned fellow parents....
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2015Last comment by But, but, but..., on Mar 21, 2016 at 5:31 pm | 215 comments | 366230 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Longtime teacher, administrator named Terman principalA longtime Palo Alto teacher and middle-school administrator was named Tuesday as principal of Terman Middle School. Pier...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2013Last comment by Former Terman Student, on Aug 9, 2017 at 4:55 pm | 29 comments | 260239 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park considering suspending Tinsley SettlementTinsley settlement The Tinsley voluntary transfer program resulted from a 1986 court settlement over a desegregation lawsuit....
Original post made by palo alto mom on Dec. 15, 2009Last comment by Don't hold EPA back!, on Jan 1, 2010 at 6:43 am | 66 comments | 257078 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The Wave that changed the worldThe classroom guards, symbolic armbands and secret salutes carried out by members of an elite student movement at Cubberley...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2017Last comment by Reginanicole, on May 28, 2017 at 12:31 pm | 24 comments | 202138 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district responds to teen's deathPalo Alto school officials have confirmed that a male Gunn High School senior died by suicide near his residence early Saturday...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2015Last comment by Lucas, on Jan 29, 2015 at 5:11 pm | 119 comments | 108145 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Emails reveal internal school discussionsPalo Alto school-district superintendent Kevin Skelly has made a practice of communicating with school board members via...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2012Last comment by Gunn Alumni, on Jun 12, 2012 at 10:07 am | 122 comments | 105251 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board members take umbrage at allegations of possible Brown Act violationsStung by what they view as unfair allegations that they violated California's open-meeting law, Palo Alto school board members...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2012Last comment by amazed, on Jun 13, 2012 at 7:26 pm | 131 comments | 102099 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn High student dies by suicideGunn High School Principal Kathie Laurence, in an email to school families this afternoon, is urging parents to talk openly...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2017There are no comments yet. 95021 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
State superintendent: Schools likely won't reopen this academic yearIn a letter to county superintendents across California on Tuesday, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond...
Original post made on Mar. 31, 2020Last comment by RalphJStinson, on Apr 28, 2020 at 1:36 am | 35 comments | 80803 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High school life: To whom it may concernA veteran Palo Alto educator reflects on the challenges of high school -- and how teachers, students and parents can help. ■...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2010Last comment by Neighbor, on Sep 7, 2017 at 8:57 pm | 131 comments | 80088 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Caltrain fatality identified as Palo Alto teenA 15-year-old Palo Alto student was killed by a train on the railroad tracks south of Churchill Avenue in Palo Alto at about...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2015Last comment by alpaca, on Mar 13, 2015 at 11:08 am | 167 comments | 79771 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students plan peaceful protest to 'hate minister'Nearly 1,500 students plan a "peaceful protest" against an anti-gay, anti-Semitic activist who has announced his group will...
Original post made on Jan. 26, 2010Last comment by Megan Swezey Fogarty, on Jan 29, 2010 at 8:50 am | 96 comments | 77510 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Beyond the 5150Sarah Gentile was shocked to find, in the midst of a crisis with her teenage son, that there are no hospital beds available...
Original post made on May. 22, 2015Last comment by Sarah1000, on Aug 20, 2017 at 12:53 pm | 40 comments | 70719 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The psychology and effects of bad coachingA coach's ability to manage anger and frustration is the key to avoiding abusive coaching, along with redefining a longstanding...
Original post made on May. 14, 2010Last comment by Tyler Hanley, on May 14, 2010 at 8:54 am | 1 comment | 67519 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto teen killed on tracks TuesdayA 16-year-old Palo Alto male died on the train tracks early this morning, Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn has confirmed. Read...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2014Last comment by Brendan, on Nov 9, 2014 at 1:17 pm | 23 comments | 66663 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto teacher dies after officer-involved shootingKyle Hart, a teacher at Frank S. Greene Middle School in Palo Alto, died Monday after he was shot by a police officer called...
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2018Last comment by Former Student of Mr. Hart, on Dec 10, 2018 at 9:15 pm | 21 comments | 66040 Views
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