Opinion
Editorial: Dauber, Dharap for Palo Alto school board
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Let’s start off this editorial by admitting we made a mistake four years ago when we didn’t endorse Ken Dauber for Palo Alto school board. We were […]
Ken Dauber
Palo Alto
School names, sex ed among topics at Asian-American school board candidate forum
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer All six Palo Alto school board candidates invoked a spirit of inclusivity last night (Oct. 5) at a forum targeting a group of […]
Palo Alto
Jordan leads in fundraising for Palo Alto school board race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The race for two seats on the Palo Alto school board is raking in sizable contributions, with three candidates raising more than $10,000 […]
Palo Alto
School board considers dumping rule requiring two votes on issues
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board President Ken Dauber says he wants to speed up board meetings by voting on issues after one discussion, rather […]
Palo Alto
School board candidates debate — Jordan questioned about her criticism of student press
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer At a Palo Alto school board candidate debate tonight (Sept. 20), a high school journalist took the opportunity to confront a candidate about […]
Palo Alto
School board impressed by student representative from Gunn
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A teen who wowed Palo Alto school board members with articulate comments on tough issues is getting ready to leave for Washington D.C., […]
Palo Alto
Special education advocate Stacey Ashlund enters Palo Alto school board race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A software consultant and special education advocate has set up a Facebook page saying she is running for Palo Alto school board. The […]
Palo Alto
New superintendent would get $300,000 a year, subsidized housing under proposed contract
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Don Austin will be paid a $300,000 salary and receive subsidized rent in a district-owned townhouse under […]
Palo Alto
School board picks new superintendent
By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school board announced this morning (May 7) that it has offered the job of superintendent to Don Austin, currently superintendent of the […]
Palo Alto
List of school superintendent hopefuls narrowed down to three
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board has narrowed its list of superintendent candidates down to three, but hasn’t made a final decision a week […]
Palo Alto
Godfrey out, Dauber in fall school board race, additional candidate emerges
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board President Ken Dauber will run for a second term in November, while Trustee Terry Godfrey has decided to step […]
Opinion
School board ignored diversity policy while renaming schools
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s bad that the school board removed the names Terman and Jordan from two middle schools in Palo Alto. It’s even worse that […]
Palo Alto
Board renames 2 schools: Terman to become Fletcher, Jordan’s new name is Greene
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), […]
Palo Alto
School board wants new school site included in Stanford growth plan
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board decided Tuesday (Jan. 30) to urge Santa Clara County to require Stanford to set aside land for a […]
Palo Alto
Part-time Paly music teacher arrested on sex charges
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A part-time music teacher who was arrested on suspicion of touching a Sunnyvale high school student inappropriately also worked at Palo Alto High […]
Palo Alto
School board establishes donation policy that avoids Brown Act violations
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board has fashioned a controversial new workaround to keep the identities of anonymous donors secret to the public while […]
Palo Alto
School board picks interim superintendent
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An assistant superintendent who joined Palo Alto Unified School District in July was tapped to take over for Superintendent Max McGee last night […]
Palo Alto
McGee will get $153,459 upon resignation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Following his sudden resignation, Palo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee will receive six months of his $306,918 annual salary, or $153,459, and health […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee resigning effective Friday
Palo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee resigned today (Sept. 26) after two school board members called for him to step down following criticism over how the district handled sexual assault […]
Palo Alto
Outside attorneys: Administrators didn’t follow law or board policy when investigating sex assault at Paly
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Administrators failed to promptly or thoroughly investigate an on-campus sexual assault at Palo Alto High School last year, according to a scathing report […]