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East Palo Alto

Lopez passes Lincoln in council race – close battle for third and final seat

November 14, 2020 7:59 am

By the Daily Post staff The results in the race for East Palo Alto City Council have flipped, with a different candidate poised to join the five-member council. Stanford doctoral […]

Santa Clara County

Mah’s lead over Baten Caswell grows in county Board of Education race

November 6, 2020 4:30 pm

By the Daily Post staff Grace Mah’s lead over Melissa Baten Caswell in the race for Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Area 1 is growing as more votes […]

Santa Clara County

Charter school supporters pour $200,000 into race for Palo Alto-area county school board seat

October 19, 2020 9:47 pm

This story was originally printed in Saturday morning’s Daily Post. Don’t miss out on important local news stories. Pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. BY […]

Election 2020

School board candidate Ladomirak takes lead in donations

September 26, 2020 8:49 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Jesse Ladomirak has raised $20,444, including money from incumbent Melissa Baten Caswell who decided not to run again […]

Palo Alto

Two more candidates pull papers to run for school board

July 28, 2020 6:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Two first-time candidates have pulled papers with the county to run for the Palo Alto school board, which has three open seats this […]

Palo Alto

Two-way race opens up for county board of education

July 14, 2020 7:35 pm

This story was originally printed in Friday’s Daily Post. Not all of the Post’s stories are available online. If you want all of the local news, pick up the Daily […]

Palo Alto

Baten Caswell to run for county Board of Education

July 8, 2020 1:51 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Melissa Baten Caswell won’t seek a fourth term on the Palo Alto school board this fall and is instead running for a seat […]

Palo Alto

School parcel tax will need help if it is to pass, pollster says

July 7, 2020 11:06 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto School Board tonight (July 7) voted unanimously to ask voters in November to extend the current $836-per-parcel tax for another […]

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

Principals put in the hot seat over test scores of Hispanic and low-income students

October 17, 2019 8:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Principals of two Palo Alto elementary schools told the school board last night that they have improved test results for low-income and Hispanic […]

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 […]

public records
Palo Alto

School district hasn’t fulfilled public record requests dating back to 2017

May 31, 2019 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district still hasn’t responded to California Public Records Act requests that were filed in 2017, prompting school board member […]

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’ […]

Santa Clara County

County agrees to negotiate a development agreement with Stanford behind closed doors

October 17, 2018 1:16 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Despite a number of residents’ concerns about transparency, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors decided yesterday (Oct. 16) to negotiate behind closed […]

Nations and theater programs, which he called “one of the biggest sources of strength for me at Gunn.” “I definitely don’t think I would have had these kinds of chances in Fremont, where I moved from,” he said.
Palo Alto

School board impressed by student representative from Gunn

August 5, 2018 10:10 am

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

June 24, 2018 12:50 pm

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 […]

Fred Yamamoto, Palo Alto High School graduate who fought and died for the U.S. in World War II
Palo Alto

School board makes move to heal racial divide

June 8, 2018 12:38 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ethnic tensions in the Palo Alto school district, laid bare this year with the tense fight over the proposed school name Fred Yamamoto, […]

Fred Yamamoto, Palo Alto High School graduate who fought and died for the U.S. in World War II
Palo Alto

Yamamoto controversy may result in committee to discuss diversity, inclusion in the schools

June 4, 2018 8:35 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Rattled by a nasty fight over the renaming of Jordan and Terman middle schools, a group that supported the rejected school name Fred […]

Palo Alto

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), […]

Palo Alto

Alarm over plans for solar panels that would block view of Palo Alto High School

March 24, 2018 6:22 pm

By the Daily Post staff Some Palo Altans are alarmed by a school district plan to put large solar panels in front of Palo Alto High School, which would block […]

Palo Alto

Could city’s move toward labor-negotiation transparency spread to school district?

March 6, 2018 11:23 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After the city of Palo Alto voted to move forward on a proposal to make union negotiations more transparent by posting offers and […]

Palo Alto

Teachers give back bonus, school board aims to manage class sizes

March 1, 2018 8:01 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a missed union contract deadline led the Palo Alto school district to pay out $6 million in raises and bonuses to employees […]

Palo Alto

School board establishes donation policy that avoids Brown Act violations

December 10, 2017 12:46 pm

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 presses Stanford for new elementary school on campus

November 17, 2017 12:01 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district is pressing Stanford to open a third elementary school on campus as the university moves toward expanding by […]

Palo Alto

Palo Altans speak out on Stanford’s proposed growth plan

October 23, 2017 11:05 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A few dozen Palo Altans turned out to City Hall last night (Oct. 19) to give Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian an […]

Palo Alto

McGee will get $153,459 upon resignation

September 28, 2017 1:00 am

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

September 26, 2017 6:50 pm

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

2 of 5 school board members say it’s time for McGee to go

September 14, 2017 10:20 pm

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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