Palo Alto
Playground fight become subject of legal claim
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 […]
Palo Alto school board
Opinion
Editorial: Post’s recommendations for school board
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 […]
Palo Alto
Parents say remote learning hurts poor, disabled
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 […]
Palo Alto
Two more candidates pull papers to run for school board
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
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
Katie Causey is the first candidate to announce for school board
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, […]
Palo Alto
School board considering November parcel tax vote — amount would stay the same
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 […]
Palo Alto
School board flip-flops on teacher housing
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 […]
Palo Alto
City, schools reach a tentative agreement to extend Cubberley lease
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 […]
Palo Alto
School board drops plan to eliminate two hearings on controversial topics
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
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 […]
Palo Alto
School board praises new pay plan for top administrators
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 […]
Palo Alto
Teachers in line for a raise and a bonus
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
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’ […]
Palo Alto
School board hires general counsel and says she’s not to blame for unfulfilled record requests
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 […]
Palo Alto
School district public record requests go unanswered; official in charge may get a promotion
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 […]
Palo Alto
School board gets fake emails over school name changes
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 […]
Palo Alto
Dauber, Dharap win school board election
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 […]
Palo Alto
School district’s legal bills soar — $6 million over 5 years
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 […]
Palo Alto
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 […]
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 […]
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
Palo Alto is racially polarized, says attorney who wants to change system for electing school board members
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
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, […]
Palo Alto
Neighbors criticize new solar panels at schools
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 […]
Palo Alto
Scharff and Holman to run for Hanko’s seat on open space board; new candidate enters Palo Alto school board race
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 […]
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
School board race attracts 2 candidates in their 20s
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 […]
Palo Alto
Signs go up at Terman changing school’s name to Fletcher
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 […]
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
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 […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto school board may seek bond issue this fall
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 […]
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 […]