Investigating the bell schedule kerfuffle Anna Meyer, Kennedy Herron, Maya Rathore and Miranda Li October 5, 2018 Spotlight Despite all the upheaval last school year, with dual resignations by the District Superintendent Max McGee and Paly Principal Kim Diorio, one thing seemed assured: Paly would have a new, redesigned bell schedul...
The Campanile’s ninth Centennial Report Anna Meyer May 25, 2018 News, The Centennial Report This year marks The Campanile’s hundredth year in existence. Over the past century, The Campanile has covered a wide range of Paly-related topics. This month’s edition features stories regarding the Paly librar...
Austin named as superintendent Anna Meyer and Khadija Abid May 18, 2018 News Pending Board of Education approval, Don Austin will take over leadership of PAUSD for the 2018-2019 school year, beginning on July 1. The Board will review the proposed three-year contract on May 22. Accord...
Breathalyzing at school events violates students’ privacy Anna Meyer May 1, 2018 Opinion At each Paly dance, students wait in extensive lines to be breathalyzed and searched to ensure that no contraband is brought in before entering. Despite Paly’s emphasis in regard to students’ rights, the right...
PAUSD teachers union agrees to move salary bonus to student fund Anna Meyer March 2, 2018 News The Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) teachers union approved an idea to reallocate a 2 percent one-time salary bonus to the district’s per-student fund in a school board meeting February 27. The teach...
Students should be graded holistically, clearly Anna Meyer February 5, 2018 Opinion Nearly every student is familiar with the stress of waiting for his or her grades to come out at the end of the semester. However, the report card that supposedly represents the sum total of each student’s acco...
