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View MoreNew law clarifies PAUSD arts funding rules
Gov. Newsom signed AB 2440, clearing up Prop. 28 arts funding confusion that led some California districts to return money; PAUSD has been actively spending its allocation on expanded arts staffing since 2023-24.
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View MorePalo Alto schools must overhaul menus, Stanford study warns
A Stanford Medicine study published Sept. 28 finds California school districts face budget gaps, outdated kitchens and staffing shortages as they prepare to comply with AB 1264's mandate to phase out ultra-processed school foods, raising questions about how PAUSD will adapt.
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View MoreCanopy brings wellness walks to Gunn and Paly this fall
Palo Alto nonprofit Canopy is leading 10 guided mindfulness tree walks at Gunn and Paly this fall, reaching about 284 students during the school day, expanding a summer pilot that students said helped them decompress.
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View MorePAUSD launches survey before cutting 15% of spending
Palo Alto Unified School District has opened a Budget Values Survey asking families, staff, students and community members what matters most before the district cuts roughly 15% of ongoing spending over the 2027-28 and 2028-29 school years.
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View MoreLawsuit targets PAUSD over Paly mosque field trip
A federal lawsuit accuses PAUSD and Paly Principal Brent Kline of violating church-state separation during a Social Justice Pathway field trip to a Santa Clara mosque, while students who attended say participation in religious activities was voluntary.
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View MorePAUSD candidates target spending, parcel tax amid $33M deficit
Three candidates are competing for two PAUSD board seats in the Nov. 3 election, with Avery Wang calling for a spending audit citing $56,599 in sushi machines and Linda Henigin pushing for a new parcel tax to raise teacher pay, all while the district faces a $33 million budget shortfall.
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View MorePAUSD budget cuts coincide with $3.9B school funding suit
The California Teachers Association is suing the state to release $3.9 billion in Proposition 98 school funds withheld by Gov. Newsom and the Legislature, a legal fight that arrives as PAUSD faces $33 million in budget cuts driven by teacher raises and an expiring parcel tax.
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View MoreStanford study links seizure drug to longer survival
A Stanford Medicine-led study published in Nature Medicine found that levetiracetam, a common anti-seizure drug, doubled median survival time in children with diffuse midline gliomas, one of the deadliest pediatric brain cancers.
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View MoreStanford AI agents accelerate drug discovery research
Stanford Medicine researchers built a virtual biotech company of 37,000 AI agents that analyzed 50,000 clinical trials, identified drug-success predictors and designed a lung cancer therapy that a pharmaceutical company independently developed and won FDA breakthrough status for.
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View MorePalo Alto gets new AI center to personalize dementia care
Stanford Medicine received a five-year, $25 million National Institute on Aging grant to launch an AI-powered center on Arastradero Road that will fund 10 to 15 research projects per year aimed at tailoring dementia treatments to individual patients, with the Palo Alto VA Health Care System as a key partner.
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View MoreNew law limits AI use of Palo Alto students' data
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1159 on Thursday, Sept. 10, closing a loophole in California's 2014 student data privacy law that let companies like Google and YouTube sidestep protections. The law, which takes effect in 2027, bars tech companies from using student data to train or develop AI models and extends protections to college students.
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View MorePalo Alto math scores top state ahead of new screening bill
Senate Bill 1067 would require all California schools to assess kindergartners through second-graders in basic math and provide tutoring for those who fall behind, starting in the 2028-29 school year. PAUSD, where math proficiency runs more than double the state average, has not said whether it already uses a qualifying early math screener.
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