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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Rally For Gun Reform - March 24 Redwood CityPlease join us! A student-led rally will be taking place on March 24, 2018, at Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, Redwood...
Original post made by E. Kratzer on Mar. 22, 2018Last comment by teen in the 60s, on Mar 22, 2018 at 7:41 pm | 1 comment | 1018 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district puts hold on new artificial turf studiesA proposal to spend $43,000 to further study the possible health hazards of artificial turf playing fields at Hillview Middle...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2018Last comment by Steve_J, on Mar 15, 2018 at 3:35 pm | 2 comments | 2486 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local students join nationwide school violence walkoutsIn just one of many observances in local schools of the nationwide student protest against gun violence, many students from...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2018Last comment by Steve_J, on Mar 14, 2018 at 5:59 pm | 3 comments | 3180 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tuesday: School board to consider further research of artificial turf fieldsParents asked the Menlo Park City School District to look more closely at whether the crumb rubber used in artificial turf...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2018Last comment by Gobsmacked, on Mar 13, 2018 at 2:11 pm | 9 comments | 2458 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Neighbors question proposed traffic signal at Alameda and WalshA proposal to put a traffic signal at Alameda de las Pulgas and Walsh Road in Atherton is being questioned by some neighbors...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2018Last comment by PeninsulaGirl, on Mar 9, 2018 at 10:55 am | 10 comments | 3595 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High school district hires spokespersonThe Sequoia Union High School District has hired Ana Maria Pulido, an elected member of the Ravenswood City School District...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2018Last comment by Belle Haven Resident, on Mar 1, 2018 at 7:59 am | 1 comment | 4420 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood school board approves layoffs, parcel tax renewalRavenswood City School District's Board of Education took two steps toward maintaining fiscal solvency Thursday, approving...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2018Last comment by EPA resient 2, on Feb 26, 2018 at 6:52 pm | 2 comments | 2308 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students Need Host Families for Short VisitPublic Service Announcement Japanese Students Need Homes in the mid-peninsula area March 24 to April 4 Hosting a foreign...
Original post made by Suzanne Autry on Feb. 24, 2018There are no comments yet. 631 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district downsizing--Facing up to declining enrollmentDeclining enrollment provides school districts with an opportunity to put their finances in order without going to the taxpayers...
Original post made by Jack Hickey on Feb. 21, 2018Last comment by Yet More Of The Same Nonsense, on Feb 21, 2018 at 12:42 pm | 1 comment | 988 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
State Sen. Hill proposes medical cannabis in schools on opt-in basisState Sen. Jerry Hill has introduced legislation that would let local school districts pursue policies to allow K-12 students...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2018Last comment by Very Bad Idea, on Feb 16, 2018 at 12:28 pm | 2 comments | 2857 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district looking at its financial futureAs the Menlo Park City School District nears the one-year anniversary of voter approval of a parcel tax that helped balance...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2018Last comment by Train Fan, on Feb 10, 2018 at 11:35 am | 20 comments | 3834 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Remembering Mr. ClementsThere was the time before, and then there was the time after that day. Lee Clements would thereafter refer to it only as...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2018Last comment by Suzan, on Feb 8, 2018 at 9:09 pm | 14 comments | 6906 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood faces financial crisisAfter discussing pressures that would lead to a budget shortfall for more than a year, the Ravenswood school district now...
Original post made on Jan. 26, 2018Last comment by Hmmm, on Jan 30, 2018 at 4:51 pm | 8 comments | 3177 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Portola Valley: 'Inappropriate contact' with student under investigationThe San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is investigating allegations by a former student at Corte Madera School in Portola...
Original post made on Jan. 21, 2018Last comment by PV PARENT, on Jan 22, 2018 at 3:01 pm | 2 comments | 4013 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Report: Enrollment drops in all local elementary school districtsThe high prices of local housing may be pushing young families away from local school districts, a demographer's report says,...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2017Last comment by Barbara Wood, on Jan 18, 2018 at 6:13 pm | 22 comments | 7489 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park brothers are chess champsShawnak and Sahil Shivakumar, Menlo Park brothers and Laurel School students, both placed recently in the national grade-level...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2017Last comment by Edward, on Dec 22, 2017 at 5:41 pm | 1 comment | 3240 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bail restored for Menlo Park man charged with possessing child pornographyBail has been restored for Matthew Emilio Coda, the Menlo Park man recently arrested on charges of possession of child pornography,...
Original post made on Dec. 2, 2017Last comment by Puzzled, on Dec 3, 2017 at 7:26 am | 2 comments | 3477 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Hot chocolate with Mayor MikeAtherton Mayor Mike Lempres read holiday stories to students at Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton as part of the school's...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2017Last comment by Mike, on Dec 2, 2017 at 2:16 am | 2 comments | 3824 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Doctor shares secret for teen mental health: sleepDr. Jacob Towery told parents attending his recent talk at Hillview Middle School how they can do one thing to improve their...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2017Last comment by Start school later, on Nov 15, 2017 at 3:03 pm | 2 comments | 5030 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board to review safety of Hillview's artificial turf fieldA study of the safety of the artificial turf playing field at Hillview Middle School, commissioned by the Menlo Park City...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2017Last comment by whatever, on Nov 10, 2017 at 5:18 pm | 1 comment | 2330 Views
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