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UPDATED: School board settles lawsuits over bullying, playground injury

September 22, 2020 8:00 pm

8:02 p.m. Tuesday — This story has been updated with the settlement amounts approved by the school board. 4:40 p.m. Tuesday — This story has been updated with a comment […]

Community rallies to support family of teacher who died in police shooting

December 17, 2018 4:19 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district community is rushing to support the family of Kyle Hart, the teacher killed by a Redwood City police […]

A few of the signs at Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto have been repainted to reflect the school’s new name. The Palo Alto school board voted in March to rename Jordan after Frank Greene, a black Silicon Valley tech luminary, and Terman Middle School after Ellen Fletcher, the late Palo Alto councilwoman, bicycling advocate and Holocaust survivor, because David Starr Jordan and Lewis Terman were eugenics advocates. It looks like Greene will keep Jordan’s mascot, the Jaguars. Post photo.

School name changes begin — so long Terman and Jordan

July 1, 2018 2:07 pm

By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school district is changing the names of Jordan and Terman middle schools. The school board voted March 27 to rename Jordan after […]

Board renames 2 schools: Terman to become Fletcher, Jordan’s new name is Greene

March 28, 2018 12:05 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After more than two hours of debate and impassioned comments from more than 65 members of the public late last night (March 27), […]

Renaming schools: Backlash to proposed name of Yamamoto surprises Japanese-Americans

March 23, 2018 5:21 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Backlash to a proposed name for a Palo Alto middle school has provoked surprise and confusion among Japanese-American residents who don’t see the […]

List of possible school names is narrowed down to six

March 15, 2018 1:25 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board last night ruled out renaming Terman and Jordan middle schools after geographic features of the city, and will […]

Guest Opinion: What about justice for Fred Terman?

March 7, 2018 1:55 pm

GUEST OPINION BY ROBERT SMITH The Palo Alto Unified School District decided last year to proceed with renaming the Jordan and Terman middle schools because of the advocacy of eugenics […]

Suit claims Jordan student bullied, threatened with knife

October 31, 2017 7:10 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The parents of an eighth-grader with special needs have filed a lawsuit against the Palo Alto Unified School District, alleging that district employees’ […]

Renaming schools creates an opportunity

March 20, 2017 4:18 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The controversial decision by the Palo Alto school board to rename Terman and Jordan middle schools could result in an unexpected financial opportunity […]

School board favors removing names of two schools

March 8, 2017 12:53 am

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer A majority of the Palo Alto school board spoke in favor last night of renaming both Jordan and Terman middle schools because their […]

Why we shouldn’t rename schools

January 23, 2017 4:00 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You may have forgotten that former President Obama opposed same-sex marriage for many years. Other well-known political figures were against it too, including […]