Palo Alto
Palo Alto schools sued over mask rules
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 […]
Don Austin
Palo Alto
UPDATED: Teachers to get a 5% raise this summer and 5% next summer
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Palo Alto
Pay raise proposed for Palo Alto school superintendent
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’ […]