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Burnetts won't face charges for underage drinkingTwo parents won't be prosecuted for alleged underage drinking at a party held in their Menlo Park home on Nov. 25, the San...
Original post made on May. 16, 2012Last comment by Menlo Voter, on May 24, 2012 at 4:41 pm | 33 comments | 11908 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mental health clinic for youth coming to Menlo ParkThree local women who have parented children with mental illnesses, including one who lost a daughter to death by suicide,...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2016Last comment by Paula, on Oct 13, 2016 at 11:04 am | 6 comments | 11874 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
What to do about enrollment growth, particularly at Menlo-Atherton High SchoolChanges to open-enrollment policies for the Sequoia Union High School District and tentative revisions to the map assigning...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2013Last comment by oldtimer, on Sep 13, 2013 at 9:49 am | 26 comments | 11862 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Las Lomitas district says it's working hard to diversify teaching staffParents concerned about the lack of diversity in the teaching staff of the Las Lomitas school district heard this week about...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2016Last comment by Act NOW!, on Jun 18, 2016 at 11:41 pm | 37 comments | 11855 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Voter Guide: Big educational issues face Sequoia board candidatesPerhaps a middle-aged hermit sequestered in the Santa Cruz mountains, someone with uncanny powers and unpleasant high school...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2013Last comment by Mr. Gail Ortega, on Oct 18, 2013 at 12:38 pm | 1 comment | 11842 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 | 11807 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Global Volunteers: a chance to give back<B>About the author:</I></B> Amy Pinkus, 13, of Woodside, is an eighth-grader at Woodside School. The daughter of Gary and...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2009Last comment by Peru Enthusiast (Perusiast), on Apr 28, 2014 at 7:59 pm | 8 comments | 11754 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
O'Connor Street residents ask for transfer into Menlo Park school districtMenlo Park residents on the north side of O'Connor Street, just about a block from where the Menlo Park City School District...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2015Last comment by Support Public School, on Mar 17, 2015 at 12:34 am | 23 comments | 11725 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
San Mateo County Superintendent Anne Campbell sued for failing to act on a child molesterFrom the San Mateo Daily Journal today: "Former Student Sues District Over Janitor Convicted of Groping: Suit Claims Belmont-Redwood...
Original post made by Will it ever stop? on Feb. 28, 2014Last comment by Question, on Jun 21, 2014 at 10:17 am | 8 comments | 11590 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest opinion: What kind of school district will its new superintendent lead?I like adventure. And when the Menlo Park City School District board put my potential appointment as the district's next...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2016Last comment by Train Fan, on Oct 25, 2016 at 7:24 pm | 34 comments | 11579 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
As third coronavirus case comes to light in Santa Clara County, Palo Alto Unified alerted to parent exposed to diseaseSanta Clara County public health department leaders have reported a third case of coronavirus within the county on Friday,...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2020Last comment by We’re All Going to Die, on Feb 29, 2020 at 10:02 am | 9 comments | 11428 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 | 11401 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Authorities declare Woodside High campus safe after bomb threatInvestigators and a bomb-sniffing dog from the San Mateo County bomb squad have completed their search of the campus of...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2015Last comment by pogo, on Apr 8, 2015 at 9:53 pm | 45 comments | 11390 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Voter Guide: Las Lomitas seeks $60 million for schoolsSixty million dollars is a lot of money. The Las Lomitas Elementary School District is hoping voters think it'll be money...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2013Last comment by A Concerned Voter, on Oct 18, 2013 at 1:39 pm | 2 comments | 11388 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
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 | 11246 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bill eliminating personal belief vaccination exemption clears state senateA bill that would eliminate the personal belief exemption allowing parents to opt out of vaccinating their children has passed...
Original post made on May. 18, 2015Last comment by Mike Keenly, on May 24, 2015 at 9:21 am | 26 comments | 11229 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
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 | 11225 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Preschool gets priced out of Menlo ParkCasa dei Bambini, a preschool at 1215 O'Brien Drive in Menlo Park, is a hive of activity on weekdays. Read the full story...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2016Last comment by MPer, on Mar 29, 2016 at 11:17 am | 8 comments | 11112 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 | 11074 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High school task force proposes $265 million bond measureThe board of the Sequoia Union High School District meets Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Redwood City to discuss a recommendation...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2014Last comment by Dave Boyce, on Mar 3, 2014 at 2:40 pm | 30 comments | 11054 Views
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