It s unlikely that Palo Alto Unified middle and high schools will reopen for hybrid instruction this academic year, Superintendent Don Austin said, meaning hundreds of students might go without in-classroom instruction for over a year.
High school athletes aren t allowed to compete in games yet, but they can train outdoors while keeping 6 feet apart and staying within stable cohorts beginning next week at Paly and Gunn.
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Jan. 10 The new year brings a ray of hope for California parents like Kate Gude, who has watched with mounting worry as her four kids suffer social isolation and reduced instruction time from online learning in Los Gatos schools, where classrooms have been closed because of the pandemic since last March.
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots were given to health care workers a month ago. Teachers whose safety fears have blunted reopening efforts are next in line. And the governor has a new $2 billion plan aimed at getting kids back into classrooms over the next three months.
Year in review: Challenges, milestones from a turbulent 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic compounded 2020 news in Palo Alto, which also faced a pivotal election, uproar over racial injustice and impacts from devastating wildfires. Photos by Federica Armstrong, Magali Gauthier, Lloyd Lee and Olivia Treynor.
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Year in review: Challenges, milestones from a turbulent 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic compounded 2020 news in Palo Alto, which also faced a pivotal election, uproar over racial injustice and impacts from devastating wildfires. Photos by Federica Armstrong, Magali Gauthier, Lloyd Lee and Olivia Treynor.
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The past 12 months brought insurmountable obstacles that forced many of us to adapt, along with complex problems that we ll continue to deal with in the years to come.
School district wants to protect Cubberley for future use
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In October, PG&E threatened eminent domain against Palo Alto Unified over the utility s offer for an easement at Cubberley Community Center. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber.
After stalled talks over the last several months, the Palo Alto school district is facing the likelihood of Pacific Gas & Electric filing an eminent domain action to acquire an easement for a gas pipeline at Cubberley Community Center.
PG&E first contacted the district in August with a written offer: $154,000 in exchange for building a 1,680-square-foot underground easement, an 18,000-square-foot testing easement and a temporary 6,000-square-foot construction easement to upgrade the natural gas pipeline at 4000 Middlefield Road, according to a letter provided to the Weekly under a Public Records Act request.