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Board plans to continue upholding immigration protections despite Trump’s executive orders

March 18, 2025

In response to the changing political landscape regarding immigration, The Palo Alto Unified School District board of education reaffirmed that Board Policy 5145.13, passed in 2018, remains in effect....

Palo Alto School Board faces Brown Act complaint

Palo Alto School Board faces Brown Act complaint

Kate Xia and Holden Lee • March 3, 2025

Palo Alto parent Alan Crystal filed a Brown Act complaint against the Palo Alto Board of Education on Feb. 21. Crystal said the board has 30 days from the initial filing to respond — otherwise, the Santa...

Santa Clara County Registrar rejects recall notice for Palo Alto School Board Vice President

Santa Clara County Registrar rejects recall notice for Palo Alto School Board Vice President

Holden Lee, Julian Hong and Kate Xia • February 22, 2025

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters denied the Notice of Intention to recall Palo Alto Board of Education Vice President Shounak Dharap because it failed to meet California Election Code section...

Palo Alto Board of Education Vice President faces recall effort

Palo Alto Board of Education Vice President faces recall effort

Holden Lee, Kate Xia and Alec Bonnard • February 19, 2025

A Notice of Intention to recall Palo Alto Board of Education Vice President Shounak Dharap was released at 8:50 a.m. on Feb. 18. The notice, which requires at least 30 signatures, included 31 signatures...

Board votes 4-1 to reassign board member Rowena Chiu

Board votes 4-1 to reassign board member Rowena Chiu

Elise Andrade and Luca Vostrejs • February 13, 2025

After a tense meeting on Tuesday, the Palo Alto Board of Education voted 4-1 to reassign board member Rowena Chiu to serve as liaison on the Los Altos Town Council, Santa Clara County Committee on District...

Palo Alto district employees call for School Board Member Rowena Chiu’s resignation

Palo Alto district employees call for School Board Member Rowena Chiu’s resignation

Holden Lee, Kate Xia, Julian Hong and Gavin Lin • January 30, 2025

Sixty-five members of the Palo Alto Management Association, the union that represents certificated management employees, psychologists and classified management employees, released a letter on Jan. 30,...

A meeting attendee supports multivariable calculus. “The district provides resources in varsity sports for athletically ambitious students to achieve their full potential,” Stanford professor Brian Conrad said. “Creating equity for intellectually ambitious students . . . is at least as important as sports.”

Board expresses support for future advanced math courses

Gavin Lin, Managing Editor • January 21, 2025

The Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education showed support for offering an advanced math course beyond BC Calculus to students at Tuesday’s Board meeting.  In the spring of 2023, PAUSD...

Rowena Chiu (left) and her supporters gather at State of Mind in Los Altos to watch the live election results at Chiu’s watch party. “She’s genuine,” Chiu’s campaign manager Ginnie Noh said. “She is the smartest person I’ve ever met.”

Chiu, Kamhi, Salcman secure seats in Board of Education election

Gavin Lin, Managing Editor • November 19, 2024

The Palo Alto Board of Education election polls closed on Nov. 5 at 8 p.m., with Rowena Chiu, Josh Salcman and Alison Kamhi leading in preliminary results. Leading the race with 18,190 votes, Chiu held...

Vote Chiu, Kamhi, Salcman for Board of Education

Vote Chiu, Kamhi, Salcman for Board of Education

The Editors-in-Chief • October 21, 2024

Palo Alto residents will vote between Rowena Chiu, Nicole Chiu-Wang, Chris Colohan, Alison Kamhi and Josh Salcman to fill three open seats on Palo Alto Unified School District’s Board of Education on...

Five school board candidates vie for three seats

Dalia Saal, Staff Writer • September 26, 2024

Five candidates are running to fill three seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education in the Nov. 5 election. Rowena Chiu, Nicole Chiu-Wang, Chris Colohan, Alison Kamhi and Josh Salcman are campaigning...

INVEST IN EDUCATION, NOT IN RESERVES. Palo Alto Educators Association teacher representative Erin Angell yells 'Invest in education, not in reserves,' as members of PAEA hold a rally over an impasse on salary negotiations with the district on April 23. “Educators cannot afford to live here, and they have long commutes,” PAEA President Teri Baldwin said. “It takes a toll and we don’t want to lose them to districts that pay higher. We want to attract and retain the best educators for our students.”

PAEA teachers, staff rally over impasse with PAUSD at Board of Education meeting

Luca Vostrejs and Meryem Orazova • April 23, 2024

Palo Alto Educators Association teachers and staff held a rally on Tuesday at the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education meeting in response to an impasse blocking funding for teachers. According...

Art by Dorian Luo

Board adopts alternative education programs

Henry Liu, Staff Writer • December 27, 2023

In a move district officials say will save money and provide more opportunities for students, The Board of Education approved for PAUSD to host the Foothill Middle College and College Now! programs starting...

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