Speech and Debate season starts strong Avi Tachna-Fram December 6, 2016 News It’s no secret that Palo Alto High School’s Speech and Debate team is a powerhouse, and in recent competitions the Paly juggernaut has continued to dominate while making inroads into a new type of debate compet...
Board decides to adopt Gunn weighted GPA system Avi Tachna-Fram November 21, 2016 News 1 After almost 100 public comments at four separate Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education Meetings this year, the District has decided that it will implement a blanket weighted GPA system model for...
Paly community reacts to historic election day Avi Tachna-Fram and Sam Yun November 16, 2016 News 1 Election Day results have sparked both controversy and discussion across the country. Following the historically tumultuous presidential race, the nation remains split, particularly regarding the surprising asc...
Achievement gap after graduation Avi Tachna-Fram November 16, 2016 News New data presented to the Board indicates that Palo Alto Unified School District’s (PAUSD) achievement gap persists after high school. College graduation data shows that historically under-represented (HUR) ...
2016 City Council Candidates Avi Tachna-Fram, Sam Yun and Ashley Zhang November 7, 2016 News While the nation determines the fate of the country through the presidential election on Nov. 8, Palo Altans also face a different decision concerning the future of the city—choosing four of the 11 candidates f...
Five candidates battle eagerly for three board spots Avi Tachna-Fram October 28, 2016 News Background The next Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Board of Education will have to deal with a multitude of issues facing the District, including a $4.2 million budget shortfall, an unremitting ac...
Hourly minimum wage raised to $15 Avi Tachna-Fram October 5, 2016 News The Palo Alto City Council voted to incrementally raise the minimum wage from $11 per hour to $15 per hour by 2019 in accordance with the Cities Association of Santa Clara County’s plan for minimum wage increas...
Aggregated SBAC data highlights achievement gap Avi Tachna-Fram October 4, 2016 News The results are in — the aggregated data from the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium (SBAC) for Palo Alto Unified School District’s (PAUSD) elementary schools has been analyzed, evaluated and presented to th...
New living skills class proposed Avi Tachna-Fram September 14, 2016 News Kenneth Horowitz, a health teacher at Foothill Community College, and Nanette Solvason, the Dean of Biology and Health Services, proposed offering a collaborative health class as an alternative to Living Skills...
Board of Education expects to cut $7.4 million from budget Avi Tachna-Fram August 27, 2016 News On Aug. 23, the Board of Education reached an informal consensus that approximately $3.3 million and $4.1 million in budget cuts must be made this school year and the following year, respectively. The Board ...
