Palo Alto Notes

These are my notes from Palo Alto School Board meetings as well as other articles written over the years. I hope to have others contribute more perspectives about my local community. NOTE: I do tend to focus on disability, special education, and good governance (and whatever else catches my eye). Without good governance for all students, it is very unlikely to get support for disabled students (unfortunately).

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Palo Alto’s Toxic Political Litmus Test
Multivariable Calculus (MVC) has come to dominate the Palo Alto school board agenda and elections. It is dividing our community,…
Request for Independent Audit of PAUSD Special Education Program and Organization
Board members – I ask that you charter a truly independent audit of the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD)…
Graduation, Inclusion and Local Action
55% of the students who didn’t graduate from high school this past year in my local school district were disabled…
Disappearing the Disabled
We are in the middle of a conscious effort to make disabled people disappear. These are all conscious intentional choices….
100 Coffees – Thank you!
Wednesday, 24 September 2025 will be the “official” 100th special education and disability coffee that I’ve hosted. Almost all of…
16 September 2025 PAUSD Board Meeting Comments
7. Open Forum Our secondary students in the special education programs at Cubberley deserve the same representation on the school…
Inclusion and Accessibility in the PAUSD Special Education District Advisory Committee
Please send your own version of this email to our school board members to encourage more transparency in the PAUSD…
Special Education Teachers are the Ginger Rodgers of Education
Special education teachers do everything general education teachers do but “backwards and in heels” – just like the great dancer…