MENLO PARK, Calif. â South of San Francisco, the Sequoia Union High School District serves some of the Bay Areaâs wealthiest communities, such as Atherton, Menlo Park and Woodside, as well as some of its neediest, including East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks and Redwood City.
On Tuesday, the school district learned it had risen into a state tier that would allow high school students, if they chose, to resume on-campus learning. At the urging of many parents, district leaders on Wednesday announced an April reopening plan.
That is when things got ugly.
âHow many deaths will you accept as collateral for your two months of school? Can you live with that?â Alison Mock, a teacher at East Palo Alto Academy asked the districtâs board of trustees in a contentious Zoom meeting on Wednesday.