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Car parade for high school graduates is Tuesday
By the Daily Post staff All four Palo Alto high schools will participate in a city-wide car parade on Tuesday (June 1) between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. to celebrate graduation. […]
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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 […]
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Former robotics teacher sues school district alleging harassment, homophobia and bullying by parents
This story was originally printed Oct. 21 in the Daily Post. If you don’t want to miss out on important local stories, pick up the Post in the morning at […]
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Palo Alto’s high schools celebrate graduation with a car parade
Photos from the car parade
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High school journalists held back from covering story by teacher, assistant principal
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The editors of a Palo Alto High School student publication say a teacher and assistant principal tried to block reporters from covering a […]
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Suspected bank robber leads police on chase through Palo Alto High School
By the Daily Post staff A suspected bank robber was caught by police after a foot chase through Palo Alto High School yesterday (Nov. 4). A masked man used a […]
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Pressure from parents led to firing of girls water polo coach, lawyer says
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Doug Stotland was fired as girls water polo coach at Palo Alto High School because a player’s parents pressured school administrators after he […]
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School district hasn’t fulfilled public record requests dating back to 2017
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 […]
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Paly teacher’s run on ‘Jeopardy!’ ends
By ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto High School teacher Trevor Crowell came in third place on last night’s (May 13) semifinal round of the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament, […]
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Local teacher returns to ‘Jeopardy!’ tonight (May 13)
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After emerging victorious from last week’s episode, Palo Alto High School teacher Trevor Crowell will compete in the semifinals of the Jeopardy! Teachers […]
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Local teacher wins on “Jeopardy!” — moves on to semifinals
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto High School Spanish teacher Trevor Crowell only bet $100 in Final Jeopardy, but still won last night’s (Tuesday, May 7) game and will […]
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Local teacher to compete on ‘Jeopardy!’ tonight
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto High School teacher will be showing his smarts on national television tonight (May 7) as he competes for $100,000 in […]
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Students tell City Council that two stores are selling vaping supplies to kids
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two stores in Palo Alto illegally sell nicotine products to some of the hundreds of local teens who smoke e-cigarettes, a Palo Alto […]
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Gov. Newsom pays a surprise visit to Palo Alto High School
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Gov. Gavin Newsom’s visit to Silicon Valley yesterday ended with a spontaneous trip to Palo Alto High School, where he spent two hours […]
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More information about the $190,000 the school district paid to settle claim over sex assault
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has settled with a former Palo Alto High School student for allegedly mishandling her complaint that a classmate […]
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Paly student shot to death
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A 19-year-old East Palo Alto resident who attended Palo Alto High School was identified Friday (Dec. 14) as the young man who had […]
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School board member Todd Collins targets candidate Kathy Jordan over her dealings with student paper
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board member Todd Collins, who is in the middle of his first term and isn’t on the ballot Tuesday, has […]
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Robotics coach resigns after criticism from students
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto High School robotics coach Kathleen Krier resigned today (Oct. 18) after students accused her of intimidating, harassing and bullying them, according […]
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Paly robotics team members tell school board their coach is a bully
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The new head coach of the Palo Alto High School robotics team was publicly accused last night (Oct. 9) of intimidating, harassing and […]
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School district hired lawyer to deal with candidate’s frequent emails to high school paper
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district hired a First Amendment lawyer to tell school board candidate Kathy Jordan to stop emailing student journalists at […]
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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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Palo Alto school district faulted in the handling of Paly sex assault
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Administrators at Palo Alto High School and the Palo Alto school district mishandled a sexual assault case 11 months before a well-publicized October […]
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Yamamoto controversy may result in committee to discuss diversity, inclusion in the schools
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 […]
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Paly seniors tell powerful stories at graduation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Another 478 Palo Alto High School seniors walked the stage in green caps and gowns yesterday, with hundreds of families packed onto campus […]
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School board drops plan for solar panels in front of Paly
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After an uproar from faculty and alumni, the Palo Alto school board has dropped plans to obstruct the view of Palo Alto High […]
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New prinicipals named for Paly, Fairmeadow and Escondido
By the Daily Post staff Interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks announced today (May 18) that she is nominating Adam Paulson, an administrator in the Palo Alto Unified School District since 2014, […]
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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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High school publication’s ‘bullet hole’ edition draws national attention
By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto High School student magazine Verde is drawing national attention for the unique way it chose to call attention to gun violence in […]
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Students told to throw books, canned goods at school shooters
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Students who were locked down at Palo Alto High School after police received a shooting threat yesterday (March 29) were told to throw […]
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Hoax leads to lockdown at Paly, call made on phone that had been lost or stolen
By the Daily Post staff 8:21 p.m. — Police haven’t found the man who called in the Palo Alto High School shooting hoax today, but they say the call was […]
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Alarm over plans for solar panels that would block view of Palo Alto High School
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 […]
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Palo Alto High School principal resigns after disciplinary letter goes public
By the Daily Post staff Embattled Palo Alto High School Principal Kim Diorio announced today (March 9) that she will resign after 11 years at the school, the last four […]
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Disciplinary letters to principals of both Palo Alto high schools released — one fires back
By the Daily Post staff The principals of Gunn and Palo Alto high schools failed to follow school district procedures when responding to the complaint of a girl who had […]
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High cost of living is driving out locals — families are being crushed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY and EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers Terri McKinsey, a Palo Alto High School grad, bought the house where she raised her family on Sierra Court — […]
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Remaining art from Franco on Paly campus to be removed
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto schools interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks said today (Feb. 1) that the decision to remove actor James Franco’s mural at Palo Alto High School […]