Back to School Blunder Jace Purcell, Braden Leung and Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe October 8, 2020 News, Showcase, Spotlight 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 Leo Malchin October 6, 2020 News 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...
PAUSD delivers lunches during quarantine Avantika Singh October 5, 2020 News, Showcase 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 Jack Galetti October 5, 2020 News, Showcase 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...
Reopening guidelines should be made clearer to students The Editors-in-Chief October 5, 2020 Editorial Uncertainty is everywhere these days. There’s a good chance that the last YouTube advertisement you watched began with “In these uncertain times … ” But for many Paly students, the only thing more frustrating t...
District in debt after free lunches Braden Leung March 4, 2020 News Palo Alto Unified School District school lunch debt could reach over $60,000 by the end of the year, according to an email sent out by the district to all parents. The California Education Code Section 49550 r...
District meets with Infocus after censorship attempt Sarah O'Riordan and Benjamin Stein January 29, 2020 Breaking News, News, Showcase 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...
Board discusses dyslexia screening Kiana Tavakoli December 15, 2019 News Among several accomplishments this fall, one milestone surpassed by the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education includes the completion of the district’s first universal dyslexia risk screening for...
Blended periods should count as valid instructional minutes Jaures Yip and Frida Rivera October 2, 2019 Editorial In the midst of overwhelming coursework and extra-curricular activities, blended classes can offer relief to students since they provide time to work on assignments outside of classrooms and a more flexible sch...
Stanford places hold on negotiations with District Henry Queen May 16, 2019 News A tentative deal that would have required Stanford University to help offset the impact on the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) of its ambitious expansion plans was thrown into limbo last week when Sta...
