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High school district dumping letter grades for credit/no credit grading system during coronavirus crisisSequoia Union High School District trustees voted 3-2 in favor of moving to a credit/no credit grading system for spring...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2020Last comment by M-A Parent, on Apr 27, 2020 at 1:02 pm | 18 comments | 10835 Views
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Menlo Park school board rejects Mandarin school proposalA petition to start a Mandarin immersion charter school in the Menlo Park City School District was unanimously denied by...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2014Last comment by LC, on Nov 14, 2014 at 6:15 pm | 23 comments | 10682 Views
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Proposed administrator pay bump, new position raise teacher concernsSome Las Lomitas Elementary School District teachers are concerned about a proposal on the school board’s March 13 agenda...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2019Last comment by LLESD teacher , on Mar 15, 2019 at 7:26 am | 34 comments | 10680 Views
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New Menlo Park high school opens, but construction is ongoingTIDE Academy, a new high school in Menlo Park, opened for the first day of classes on Wednesday, Aug. 14, but construction...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2019Last comment by some guy from atherton, on Aug 17, 2019 at 7:43 pm | 5 comments | 10654 Views
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Menlo Park: Special ed director faces ousterA battle is brewing over the pending dismissal of the Menlo Park City School District's director of special education at...
Original post made on Mar. 11, 2013Last comment by lessons learned, on Mar 13, 2013 at 9:29 am | 35 comments | 10612 Views
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Study: the downside of too much homeworkA survey of more than 4,000 students from ten high-performing high schools showed that excessive homework produces unhealthy...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2014Last comment by WP, on Mar 10, 2014 at 12:19 pm | 1 comment | 10607 Views
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School parcel tax election: Backers raise more than $80K for campaignBackers of the March 7 parcel tax measure in the Menlo Park City School District had reported raising more than $80,000 by...
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2017Last comment by Jack Hickey, on Mar 5, 2017 at 4:46 pm | 41 comments | 10592 Views
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Charter schools big issue in school board raceThe candidates for the contentious race for two seats on the high school district board race show potential to reshape the...
Original post made on Oct. 20, 2009Last comment by Concerned Parent, on Nov 4, 2009 at 10:04 am | 52 comments | 10557 Views
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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 | 10518 Views
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Atherton panel: Stepping off college admissions treadmillNew York Times columnist Frank Bruni, Harvard educator Richard Weissbourd and Challenge Success founder Denise Pope recently...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2016Last comment by Westbrook, on Dec 2, 2016 at 11:42 pm | 9 comments | 10516 Views
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Teacher charged with engaging in sex acts with minorA teacher from Redwood City has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in sex acts with a minor, according to the San Mateo...
Original post made on Oct. 30, 2018There are no comments yet. 10480 Views
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Small school is lab for innovative learningThe tiny school, tucked into a ramshackle former insurance office at the back of the Portola Valley Village Square shopping...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2012Last comment by Barbara Smailey, on Nov 16, 2012 at 4:21 pm | 2 comments | 10351 Views
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Las Lomitas district parents want a more diverse teaching staffParents in the Las Lomitas Elementary School District say something needs to be done about the fact that they have only 9...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2016Last comment by Heather Hopkins, on May 8, 2016 at 1:03 pm | 33 comments | 10351 Views
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Mervin Morris, founder of Mervyns stores, Atherton resident dies at 101Philanthropist, Atherton resident and founder of Mervyns department stores Mervin Morris died at 101. "We were just so lucky...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2021Last comment by M.M, on Sep 11, 2021 at 2:44 am | 1 comment | 10325 Views
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School parcel tax ballots due next TuesdayVoters planning to mail in their ballots for the Menlo Park City School District or the Portola Valley School District parcel...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2010Last comment by Blue Collar Public Worker, on May 4, 2010 at 9:16 pm | 63 comments | 10314 Views
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Menlo School awards diplomas to 145The 145 members of Menlo School's Class of 2011 received their diplomas June 7 in an outdoor ceremony on the Atherton campus....
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2011Last comment by dirty little secret, on Jun 22, 2011 at 8:36 am | 21 comments | 10290 Views
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New bi-lingual spanish preschoolHi folks, My toddler's preschool has a few openings and I wanted to help get the word out since high quality places are...
Original post made by Shameless plug for Spanish Preschool on Jul. 28, 2008Last comment by Encinal Dad, on Jul 10, 2009 at 10:49 am | 2 comments | 10271 Views
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Encinal School volunteers sued by coachA conflict that originated on the Encinal School basketball court appears headed for a court of law after a father who was...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2010Last comment by A student at Hillview, on Feb 16, 2012 at 11:21 pm | 21 comments | 10237 Views
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Letter: An open letter from one Sarah to another(The following is an open letter to the Republican vice presidential hopeful.) Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=6827...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2008Last comment by impressed!, on Nov 19, 2008 at 11:06 am | 99 comments | 10225 Views
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New home for German-American school?The German-American International School has found a potential new home in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood, just a few miles...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2014Last comment by Menlo Resident, on Dec 10, 2014 at 1:59 pm | 9 comments | 10213 Views
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