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Palo Alto schools sued over mask rules

July 12, 2021 3:54 pm

This story originally appeared Saturday morning in the Post. To avoid missing out on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY EMILY MIBACH […]

Palo Alto

UPDATED: Teachers to get a 5% raise this summer and 5% next summer

April 30, 2021 4:19 pm

This version of the story includes the cost of the raises to the school district. By the Daily Post staff The teachers union and Palo Alto school district administrators have […]

Palo Alto

In-person high school graduation returning

April 19, 2021 4:34 pm

BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer High school seniors will get a “good solid graduation” this year, Superintendent Don Austin said, after the district last year replaced the traditional […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto teachers get vaccine priority

March 1, 2021 9:08 pm

BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school district teachers this week will all have the opportunity to schedule an appointment to get the Covid vaccine, the district […]

Palo Alto

UPDATE: PG&E drops plans to seize part of Cubberley parking lot

February 13, 2021 11:52 am

STORIES BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Update: Saturday, Feb. 13: Palo Alto school district leaders prevailed yesterday (Feb 12) when PG&E dropped plans to seize part of the […]

Opinion

Opinion: Reopening schools isn’t as easy as it might sound

February 6, 2021 11:20 am

This was originally published on Jan. 25 in the Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Last week I wrote about the irony that scientists could produce a Covid […]

Palo Alto

School board gets an earful over plan to bring students back to school

November 11, 2020 1:24 am

BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Teachers, students and parents called in last night (Nov. 10) to express their disapproval of the Palo Alto school district’s plan to bring […]

Palo Alto

Proposal calls for schools to reopen between October and January

September 16, 2020 12:39 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto school Superintendent is proposing the district re-open for in-person teaching on the following dates: • Grades TK-1: Oct. 12 • Grades 2-3: Oct. […]

Santa Clara County

New order will let Santa Clara County schools reopen in two weeks, but will they?

September 11, 2020 1:04 pm

BY SARA TABIN AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers Schools in Santa Clara County will likely be allowed to reopen in two weeks, but that doesn’t mean that they […]

Palo Alto

Administrator involved in civil suit hired by school district

September 8, 2020 11:00 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s school board agreed unanimously to hire an administrator who was named in a lawsuit against the San Ramon Valley School District […]

Palo Alto

School district mailer has incorrect information about parcel tax renewal; second mailer planned

August 18, 2020 7:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school Superintendent Don Austin sent a letter to voters saying that the district’s parcel tax makes up 17% of the district’s […]

In the news

Local students won’t return to classrooms this fall, Newsom decides

July 17, 2020 12:47 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared today that public and private schools in counties that are on his coronavirus “watch list” won’t be reopening classrooms this fall but holding school via distance […]

Palo Alto

75% of parents want in-person schooling this fall

June 8, 2020 5:07 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Three quarters of Palo Alto parents want in-person schooling with social distancing this fall instead of online learning, according to a school district […]

Palo Alto

School district settles suit over violating the public records act

June 2, 2020 7:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board has settled a lawsuit with a resident who sued claiming the district violated the California Public Records Act by […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto schools hit with a financial double whammy

May 29, 2020 7:20 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto Unified School District budget is facing a double whammy from COVID-19: At the same time the district is losing some of […]

In the news

School trustee tried to change board’s mind about switching to pass/fail

May 7, 2020 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It looks like the decision to switch to pass/fail grades in the Sequoia Union High School District is final despite the efforts of […]

Palo Alto

School probably won’t be normal next fall, superintendent says

April 28, 2020 7:57 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer School is unlikely to return next fall as normal, Palo Alto Superintendent Don Austin said yesterday during a Webinar. He said district officials […]

Palo Alto

Paly, Gunn graduation will likely take place in December

April 27, 2020 7:23 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Graduation for high school seniors in Palo Alto will likely take place in December because of concerns about mass gatherings spreading the coronavirus, […]

Palo Alto

Parents speak out against switch to pass/fail grades

April 22, 2020 9:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto parents said yesterday that the school board should have had an open process with a vote rather than letting Superintendent Don […]

Palo Alto

Some parents give school district’s pass/fail system an ‘F’

April 17, 2020 7:08 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District’s switch to pass/fail grades while students are forced to learn from home during the pandemic is getting […]

Palo Alto

School district switches to pass/fail for this semester

March 25, 2020 4:35 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District announced today that all grades will be switched to credit/no credit for the semester. The announcement came after […]

Palo Alto

School board flip-flops on teacher housing

November 7, 2019 6:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school trustees have done a U-turn on teacher housing. In February, the school board voted unanimously to make sure the 35-acre […]

Opinion

Opinion: Stanford made one mistake after another

November 6, 2019 8:30 am

Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Watching Stanford stumble through the process to get a permit for its 3.5-million-square-foot expansion has been painful. I count myself as among those […]

Palo Alto

City, schools reach a tentative agreement to extend Cubberley lease

September 25, 2019 9:00 am

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto school district and the city reached a tentative agreement yesterday extending the city’s lease of the Cubberley Community Center for five […]

Palo Alto

School board drops plan to eliminate two hearings on controversial topics

September 12, 2019 7:30 am

This story was printed on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the Daily Post. BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board members on Tuesday night gave up on […]

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Pay raise proposed for Palo Alto school superintendent

June 10, 2019 7:30 am

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto school Superintendent Don Austin, who is about to complete his first year on the job, is up for a $9,000 a year raise […]

Palo Alto

School board praises new pay plan for top administrators

May 30, 2019 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board last night praised a proposal by Superintendent Don Austin to reform the way top administrators are paid that […]

Palo Alto

School board considers raises for top dogs tonight (May 28)

May 28, 2019 9:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board tonight (May 28) will be discussing five-digit increases to the base salary ranges for top administrators, but Superintendent […]

Palo Alto

Top dogs in the school district are up for big raises

May 27, 2019 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board Tuesday (May 28) is set to consider increasing salaries for top administrators by between $17,900 and $62,000 per […]

Palo Alto

Dauber lashes out at Simitian, says supervisor killed deal between district and Stanford

May 16, 2019 5:30 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board member Ken Dauber slammed Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Joe Simitian Tuesday (May 15) for “killing” Stanford’s […]

Palo Alto

Teachers in line for a raise and a bonus

April 18, 2019 1:26 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A year after the Palo Alto teachers union refused to return a 3% raise that the school district handed out by mistake, the […]

Palo Alto

County halts talks with Stanford over development agreement for expansion

April 17, 2019 12:11 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County leaders yesterday (April 16) halted talks with Stanford over a development agreement related to the university’s proposed 3.5 million-square-foot expansion […]

Palo Alto

Stanford, PAUSD make a deal over educating kids who will come from campus expansion — Updated

April 15, 2019 6:28 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford leaders announced yesterday (April 15) that they have offered the Palo Alto school district $138.4 million — or about $3.46 million per […]

Palo Alto

Confrontation at Starbucks over ‘MAGA’ hat erupts

April 3, 2019 4:44 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A south Palo Alto activist has been fired from her accounting job at Gryphon Stringed Instruments after chasing a man wearing a Make […]

In the news

School board members stay in 4-star SF hotel and charge it to taxpayers

March 3, 2019 1:40 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Top officials at the Palo Alto, Mountain View Whisman and Los Altos school districts stayed in a San Francisco hotel on the taxpayers’ […]

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