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 […]
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Former student convicted in two sex assaults gets 60 days
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A former Palo Alto High School student accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl to have oral sex in a school bathroom in October […]
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New Palo Alto superintendent talks about challenges he will face
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has found its next superintendent in the head of the Palos Verdes school district in Los Angeles County […]
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Superintendent names new acting principal for Palo Alto High School
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Adam Paulson, one of the Palo Alto High School assistant principals criticized for mishandling a sexual assault investigation last year, has been named […]
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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 […]
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School district appoints three administrators for HR, Barron Park and Title IX
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District has named three administrators to new roles: overseeing the district’s compliance with federal civil rights law, heading […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Opinion
Keep sex offenders out of our schools
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor There was an important question that didn’t get much attention when outside investigators delivered their report on the Palo Alto Unified School District’s […]
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School district has a ‘general practice’ of avoiding documentation, investigators find
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A failure by school and district administrators to properly document an on-campus sexual assault last year was rooted in a Palo Alto Unified […]
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Palo Alto’s high school principals under fire over sex assault investigation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The principals of both of Palo Alto’s public high schools were under fire yesterday as both were named among the administrators who dropped […]
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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 […]
Opinion
Don’t be so quick to yell “You’re fired!” — school board needs to think long-term
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think the Palo Alto school board ought to hold off on firing Superintendent Max McGee. I realize there is a clamor in […]
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2 of 5 school board members say it’s time for McGee to go
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After two confidential meetings about the Palo Alto Unified School District superintendent’s performance, two school board members called for Max McGee’s removal from […]
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Under fire from critics, school board reduces public comment time
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Amid public outrage over mishandling of money and sexual misconduct complaints in the Palo Alto Unified School District, the school board last night […]
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School board slammed over $4.4 million error
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District parents gave the board an earful last night (Sept. 12) after the district lost at least $4.4 million […]
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Report on PAUSD sex assaults is due to be released
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An internal investigation into the Palo Alto Unified School District’s botched response to a string of student sexual assaults has wrapped up with […]
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Teachers’ union leader says district can afford unplanned raise
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A missed deadline has led to an unplanned 3% raise for teachers and other school workers in the Palo Alto school district, totaling […]