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School district proposes fall reopening schedule and bell schedule

May 13, 2020

The Palo Alto Unified School District proposed a reopening plan and a new bell schedule for secondary schools for the fall semester of the 2020-21 school year in an online school board meeting on May 12. The te...

Administration asks teachers to rethink giving ‘No Credit’ progress report grades

Valerie Chu

May 9, 2020

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Following progress report submissions on May 6, Principal Adam Paulson asked teachers to reconsider giving a “No Credit” grade to students. In late March, Superintendent Don Austin announced that all PAUSD s...

Fire Breaks Out at Stanford Dish

Braden Leung

May 1, 2020

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A vegetation fire broke out along the Reservoir Road near the Stanford Dish May 1 at 2:50 p.m., resulting in the closure of nearby roads and subsequent redirection of traffic, according to a tweet issued by the...

Grenade defused at Eleanor Pardee Park

Ziggy Tummalapalli

April 22, 2020

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A grenade was defused at Eleanor Pardee Park today in the early afternoon, after receiving a call from a homeowner who had discovered it in their backyard. According to Sergeant Eric Bulapal, the homeowner h...

2020-21 ASB Officers Announced

Austin Xiang

April 17, 2020

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After many weeks of online campaigning, the 10 newly elected Associated Student Body officers are looking to put their campaign ideas into reality. Former junior president Avantika Singh and member of The Ca...

Activities director Matt Hall to leave at conclusion of school year

Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe and Kris Risano

April 16, 2020

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After teaching at Palo Alto High School for nine years, student activities director and Japanese teacher Matt Hall will leave Paly at the end of this school year to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time Japa...

BREAKING NEWS: All Santa Clara County public schools shut down for three weeks due to coronavirus concerns

Adora Zheng and Sarah O'Riordan

March 13, 2020

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All schools in Santa Clara County will be closed starting Monday, March 16 for a minimum of three weeks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to an announcement made by County Superintendent Ma...

UPDATE: Prom, field trips and events cancelled, CAASPP testing postponed due to coronavirus concerns

Andy Wang and Benjamin Stein

February 28, 2020

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Update: Palo Alto Unified School District will cancel many large-scale events including Prom, field trips and all gatherings of over 100 people, as well as postpone California Assessment of Student Performan...

District meets with Infocus after censorship attempt

Sarah O'Riordan and Benjamin Stein

January 29, 2020

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Assistant Principal Jerry Berkson informed InFocus executive producers on Monday that Palo Alto Unified School District General Counsel Komey Vishakan had received complaints about a "Paly Bachelor" segment the...

Paulson to resign as principal in June

Andrew Toteda and Benjamin Stein

January 24, 2020

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Principal Adam Paulson announced his resignation and departure from Paly at the end of the 2019-20 school year following six years of work as a campus administrator, according to a school-wide announcement earl...