Sloan Wuttke

Foothills Park adopts new per-car entrance fee

May 13, 2021

In a unanimous vote, the Palo Alto City Council approved a $6 per-car fee to enter Foothills Park at its Feb. 22 meeting. This decision follows the council’s December decision to open the park to non-residents ...

Science behind blue light glasses

Sloan Wuttke

October 31, 2020

Science/Tech

Sitting at her desk and staring at a screen for over eight hours each day, freshman Sophia Yang starts to feel the strain of the blue light her computer is emitting. Like many other students, Yang has now switc...

School board race introductions

Sloan Wuttke

October 31, 2020

News, Showcase

Katie Causey Katie Causey is a 2012 Palo Alto High School graduate and nonprofit employee who is running on the platforms of student voices, equity and the physical and mental wellbeing of students which she s...

Working toward Wellness

Sloan Wuttke, Olivia Ericsson and Krista Robins

May 5, 2020

Showcase, Spotlight, Student Life

The Need for Change Glued to the concrete floor for two hours, a Paly student locked himself into one of the school’s private bathrooms after being denied access to the Wellness Center. While the center’s...

PAUSD schools to close for the remainder of the school year

Sloan Wuttke

April 1, 2020

News, Showcase

Superintendent Don Austin announced that Palo Alto Unified School District buildings and classroom instruction will be suspended for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, according to a school-wide Schoolog...

Santa Clara schools extend closures through May 1

Sloan Wuttke

March 25, 2020

News, Showcase

Santa Clara County issued an extension of school closures until May 1 in an effort to slow the transmission of COVID-19, according to a press release from the county’s health and school officers. This issue...

CTC declines Haxton’s administrative credential

Benjamin Stein and Sloan Wuttke

March 4, 2020

News, Showcase

Following the declination of Guidance Assistant Principal Clarisse Haxton’s administrative credential by the California Teaching Commission, Haxton’s role has shifted to administrative teacher on special assign...

YangGang surges, attracts a coalition

Sloan Wuttke

February 13, 2020

Lifestyle

Earning an extra 1,000 dollars a month may pose as a feat virtually impossible to most, but Paly alumni Laura Sieh thinks otherwise — partially due to democratic candidate Andrew Yang's vision for the future. ...

Board discusses new proposals, approves increased parcel tax

Sloan Wuttke

February 11, 2020

News

The Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education discussed proposals on Jan. 14 regarding makeup work for unexcused and excused absences, Palo Alto’s parcel tax increase, standards-based grading and pot...

Chrome extension allows students to bypass restrictions in Schoology

Sloan Wuttke

December 17, 2019

Science/Tech

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Comments bombard Schoology’s homepage, none of them explicitly authorized through Schoology. A chrome extension made by junior Lesha Seletskiy enabled this, allowing him to void commenting restrictions and, sub...

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