East Palo Alto
Board names school after Cesar Chavez
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Ravenswood School Board has voted to rename the district’s middle school after the late labor leader Cesar Chavez. The board voted 3-1 […]
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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
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 […]
Opinion
School board ignored diversity policy while renaming schools
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s bad that the school board removed the names Terman and Jordan from two middle schools in Palo Alto. It’s even worse that […]
Palo Alto
Board renames 2 schools: Terman to become Fletcher, Jordan’s new name is Greene
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
Renaming schools: Backlash to proposed name of Yamamoto surprises Japanese-Americans
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Backlash to a proposed name for a Palo Alto middle school has provoked surprise and confusion among Japanese-American residents who don’t see the […]
Palo Alto
Furor over proposed name for school
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed name for a Palo Alto middle school has stirred up controversy for its evocation of Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander-in-chief who […]
Palo Alto
Late math professor off school names list
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A recently deceased Stanford mathematician was removed from a short list of prominent figures from which to rename Palo Alto’s Jordan and Terman […]
Palo Alto
Former mayor Le Levy to head school renaming committee
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto Mayor Le Levy has been tapped to head the committee tasked with recommending new names for Jordan and Terman middle […]
Mountain View
Immigration activist may get name on school
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 36-year-old journalist and immigration activist from Mountain View is being floated as a possible namesake for a new elementary school where Slater […]
Opinion
Renaming schools creates an opportunity
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The controversial decision by the Palo Alto school board to rename Terman and Jordan middle schools could result in an unexpected financial opportunity […]
Palo Alto
School board favors removing names of two schools
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer A majority of the Palo Alto school board spoke in favor last night of renaming both Jordan and Terman middle schools because their […]
Opinion
Why we shouldn’t rename schools
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You may have forgotten that former President Obama opposed same-sex marriage for many years. Other well-known political figures were against it too, including […]