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Playground fight become subject of legal claim

February 14, 2021 4:03 pm

BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer How litigious is Palo Alto? A fight on a kindergarten playground that resulted in stitches for one child has blossomed into a full-fledged […]

Opinion

Editorial: Post’s recommendations for school board

October 11, 2020 12:54 pm

EDITORIAL We were thinking a few months ago that the pandemic would reduce the number of qualified people who wanted to run for local offices this fall. We were worried […]

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Parents say remote learning hurts poor, disabled

July 28, 2020 9:28 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto parents said at a school board meeting tonight that they are worried remote learning will put children with disabilities or those […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Katie Causey is the first candidate to announce for school board

July 7, 2020 2:11 pm

By the Daily Post staff Katie Causey, a fundraiser for nonprofits who was educated in the Palo Alto school system, announced today she is running for the school board. Causey, […]

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School board considering November parcel tax vote — amount would stay the same

July 6, 2020 9:27 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto School Board will meet Tuesday night (July 7) to decide whether to ask voters in November to extend the current […]

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School board flip-flops on teacher housing

November 7, 2019 6:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school trustees have done a U-turn on teacher housing. In February, the school board voted unanimously to make sure the 35-acre […]

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City, schools reach a tentative agreement to extend Cubberley lease

September 25, 2019 9:00 am

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto school district and the city reached a tentative agreement yesterday extending the city’s lease of the Cubberley Community Center for five […]

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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 […]

Opinion

Opinion: School board, don’t squelch public input

September 10, 2019 7:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor My column today might seem too wonky, but please follow along. I’ve got an important point to make. I think it’s safe to […]

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School board praises new pay plan for top administrators

May 30, 2019 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board last night praised a proposal by Superintendent Don Austin to reform the way top administrators are paid that […]

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Teachers in line for a raise and a bonus

April 18, 2019 1:26 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A year after the Palo Alto teachers union refused to return a 3% raise that the school district handed out by mistake, the […]

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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’ […]

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School board hires general counsel and says she’s not to blame for unfulfilled record requests

December 5, 2018 6:05 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board last night (Dec. 4) promoted the district’s manager of policy and legal compliance to the new general counsel […]

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School district public record requests go unanswered; official in charge may get a promotion

December 4, 2018 7:47 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has been ignoring state law when it comes to fulfilling California Public Records Act requests for months. But […]

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School board gets fake emails over school name changes

November 27, 2018 3:34 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the age of national election hacking fears, the divisive decision to rename two Palo Alto middle schools inspired hundreds of questionable emails […]

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Dauber, Dharap win school board election

November 18, 2018 2:22 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Even with more than 52,000 ballots left uncounted across Santa Clara County, attorney and Gunn High School graduate Shounak Dharap appears to have […]

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School district’s legal bills soar — $6 million over 5 years

November 15, 2018 6:29 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has spent almost $6 million on lawyers in the last five years, according to a list of expenses […]

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School board member Todd Collins targets candidate Kathy Jordan over her dealings with student paper

November 2, 2018 12:01 am

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 […]

Opinion

Editorial: Dauber, Dharap for Palo Alto school board

October 10, 2018 12:25 am

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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Jordan leads in fundraising for Palo Alto school board race

September 28, 2018 6:00 am

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 […]

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School board considers dumping rule requiring two votes on issues

September 25, 2018 10:34 am

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 […]

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Palo Alto is racially polarized, says attorney who wants to change system for electing school board members

September 6, 2018 3:46 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Asians and Latinos are less likely to win seats on the Palo Alto school board because the city is racially polarized, an attorney […]

Opinion

Opinion: School board disregards your right to know

September 3, 2018 12:42 pm

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Has President Trump’s claim that the press is the enemy of the people trickled down to the Palo Alto school board? I wonder, […]

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Neighbors criticize new solar panels at schools

August 23, 2018 6:43 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Neighbors of Escondido and Nixon elementary schools at Stanford gave the Palo Alto school board an earful last night (Aug. 21) over the […]

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Scharff and Holman to run for Hanko’s seat on open space board; new candidate enters Palo Alto school board race

August 15, 2018 11:03 am

By the Daily Post staff Another Palo Alto council member, Greg Scharff, is running for the seat Nonette Hanko is vacating on the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Board. He will […]

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.
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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., […]

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School board race attracts 2 candidates in their 20s

July 21, 2018 3:38 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The race for two open seats on the Palo Alto school board has two unusually young contenders this year: two school district alumni […]

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Signs go up at Terman changing school’s name to Fletcher

July 19, 2018 5:44 pm

By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school district has replaced the front metal sign outside Terman Middle School at 655 Arastradero Road to say Ellen Fletcher Middle School […]

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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
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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 […]

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Palo Alto school board may seek bond issue this fall

April 22, 2018 3:43 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After two tumultuous years in the Palo Alto school district, the board on Tuesday (April 24) will consider spending $30,000 to research the […]

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List of school superintendent hopefuls narrowed down to three

April 18, 2018 8:36 pm

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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Godfrey out, Dauber in fall school board race, additional candidate emerges

April 13, 2018 12:58 pm

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 […]

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