The Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education declined to decide on a flexible student mathematics-acceleration program for its middle schools on Tuesday night, Nov. 14, instead leaving the decision to school administrators.
In a move that many students and parents wished had been made sooner, the Palo Alto school board approved on Friday morning a pair of resolutions that condemn the Hamas attack on Israel and denounce both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
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Members of the community argued during Tuesday s school board meeting that a statement of support would go a long way in making Jewish students feel safe at their schools.