School board race introductions
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...
Caltrain corridor project outlines plan to electrify trains
Two or three times per hour, the guard-gates at the Churchill train grade-crossing in front of Paly lower. Traffic gets congested, horns blare and the massive Caltrain thunders past the 800s building and the fo...
Foothills Park may allow non-residents
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the City of Palo Alto on Sept. 15 over the residents-only policy that Foothills Park has put in place since 1969. In May of 1959, the city of Palo ...
Online education presents challenges
On a normal school day, junior Cate Dyer wakes up about 30 minutes before class, has breakfast and then walks over to her desk and logs into Zoom. PAUSD has made the switch from asynchronous to synchronous lear...
Back to School Blunder
Spring Transition
When the United States reported its first case of COVID-19 on Jan. 20, no one could have predicted what was to come. President Donald Trump called it the flu, faces remained unmasked and scho...
Ethnic studies bill awaiting approval
As more Americans begin to question commonly accepted cultures, systems and norms for their bias against marginalized groups, some of the country’s seemingly most trivial practices — no matter their scope — hav...
City Council adopts police reform rules
In order to help prevent the excessive use of force by police, the Palo Alto City Council unanimously voted on Aug. 24 to adopt a series of policies based on recommendations for the 8Can'tWait campaign.Â
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Virtual classes interrupted by Zoom bombers
Teachers strive to make their students feel safe and create an environment where they can learn, grow and succeed. However, this sense of security was diminished for Gunn senior Andrew Kim, when his Graphic Des...
PAUSD delivers lunches during quarantine
In order to provide support to families most affected by Santa Clara County’s shelter-in-place order, Palo Alto Unified School District started delivering free meals to students during lunchtime starting Aug.17...
District releases criteria for reopening school in person
Depending on Santa Clara County’s classification under California's new four-tier color-coded system for tracking COVID-19, in-person instruction could start as early as Monday, Oct. 12 for Palo Alto Unified Sc...