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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teacher layoffs ahead as MP district plans cutsMore than 17 teaching jobs are on the line as the Menlo Park City School District struggles to close a $2 million shortfall...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2010Last comment by R R, on Jan 3, 2017 at 2:09 pm | 198 comments | 15030 Views
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Editorial Rebuttal in Support of A & CIt is with disappointment that I read Richard Hine and Renee Batti’s (the Almanac Editor and Associate Editor) editorial...
Original post made by YES on A & C on Apr. 14, 2016Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Apr 25, 2016 at 7:59 am | 190 comments | 9872 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Who is prospering from Prop 13?Proposition 13 has been called California's "third rail" -- as in, untouchable. When billionaire Warren Buffet was serving...
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2010Last comment by Y Pie, on May 16, 2016 at 7:13 pm | 159 comments | 61485 Views
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Lehman Brothers collapse: Eshoo introduces legislation to repay public entitiesRep. Anna G. Eshoo introduced the Restitution for Local Government Act of 2010 today to help counties and other public entities...
Original post made on Apr. 23, 2010Last comment by deficit hawk, on Jan 27, 2017 at 10:28 am | 129 comments | 27503 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Voting starts for parcel tax election in Menlo Park, Portola Valley school districtsThis week, ballots for parcel taxes in the Portola Valley and Menlo Park City school districts will be hitting mailboxes....
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2010Last comment by Get Real, on Apr 26, 2010 at 3:40 pm | 118 comments | 10710 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Speakers tell school district to go for a parcel tax to avoid cutsMembers of the public almost universally favored another parcel tax, and several suggested asking for enough to avoid budget...
Original post made on Oct. 25, 2016Last comment by Interested, on Nov 25, 2016 at 10:37 am | 111 comments | 8288 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Fragile comity unwinds between Everest, districtBoard president's disclosure of charter school enrollment data in proposed guest opinion and to selected school board candidates...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2009Last comment by Fred, on Oct 23, 2009 at 6:34 pm | 105 comments | 14226 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park: School parcel tax ballots arrivingSan Mateo County has started mailing ballots and voter information to registered voters in the Menlo Park City School District,...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2016Last comment by Jack Hickey, on Apr 12, 2016 at 9:38 am | 105 comments | 8210 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sequoia high school district board studies enrollment options for Ravenswood kidsA thread emerged last night from the tangle of priorities facing the Sequoia Union High School District as the board discussed...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2013Last comment by Further Clarification, on Oct 17, 2013 at 1:51 pm | 101 comments | 32667 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 | 9623 Views
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Car pins boys against wall in downtown Menlo ParkA warm fall afternoon turned dangerous for two 6-year-old twins when a car jumped a curb, trapping the boys against the wall...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2013Last comment by Pat, on Oct 25, 2013 at 5:16 pm | 96 comments | 42189 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park: Driver responds to lawsuit over crash that injured 6-year-old twinsThe 90-year-old driver of a car that reportedly pinned two 6-year-old twin brothers against a wall on Santa Cruz Avenue has...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2013Last comment by Experienced Misdirection, on Jan 26, 2014 at 1:41 am | 95 comments | 71522 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MP school district seeks $178 parcel taxVoters will be asked to help the Menlo Park City School District bridge a projected $2 million budget shortfall with a $178...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2010Last comment by Alumni Parent, on Feb 24, 2010 at 1:36 pm | 91 comments | 9989 Views
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East Palo Alto kids likely to get head-of-line privilege (more or less) to attend M-AThe high school district board is leaning strongly toward giving East Palo Alto eighth-graders a preference that would put...
Original post made on Sep. 26, 2013Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 2, 2013 at 9:51 am | 84 comments | 8788 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo school district board to appoint new trusteeThe Menlo Park City School District board will appoint a replacement for member Mark Box, who announced his resignation from...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2011Last comment by POGO, on Jun 9, 2011 at 8:00 pm | 83 comments | 16427 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Voter Guide: Measure W would fund rebuilding of fifth district schoolBeing an elementary school principal can't be easy even under normal circumstances, but it's likely that Encinal School Principal...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2013Last comment by PF, on Nov 3, 2013 at 6:39 pm | 79 comments | 16719 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Superman' hits Woodside High SchoolWoodside High School is cast in an unflattering spotlight this week with the nation-wide opening of the documentary "Waiting...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2010Last comment by Ano Nymous, on Oct 21, 2010 at 9:47 pm | 78 comments | 17841 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel tax measure in Menlo Park City School District moves toward board approvalAs two members of the Menlo Park City School District's governing board finished up their terms Wednesday night, Nov. 30,...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2016Last comment by Jack Hickey, on Dec 20, 2016 at 1:46 pm | 78 comments | 8686 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: A reluctant 'no' recommendation on parcel tax measuresThe Menlo Park City School District's parcel tax measures contain a fatal flaw: They have no sunset clause, and that's why...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2016Last comment by Jack Hickey, on May 1, 2016 at 3:05 pm | 77 comments | 10324 Views
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Guest opinion: Crunching the numbers on funding our schoolsWe went house hunting years ago with a fixed budget. We looked at similarly priced houses in six local school districts....
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2017Last comment by Jennifer Bestor, on Feb 2, 2017 at 12:12 pm | 75 comments | 10120 Views
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