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Unity Day 2016 – Recap from PAUSD
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) students across the school district recently participated in a variety of meaningful activities to appreciate and celebrate diversity, kindness, inclusion and respect on Unity Day, a national event when schools and communities come together against bullying. October is National Bullying […]
Video of PA School Board Candidate Forum
2016 PAUSD School Board Candidate Forum, jointly sponsored by Parent Advocates for Student Success, the Palo Alto CAC, and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs. Video recording from Saturday, October 1st, 2016 […]
Board of Education Goals for the 2016-17 Academic Year
Superintendent McGee presented revised Board of Education Goals for the 2016-17 Academic Year on August 23, 2016
Revised the District Goals 2016-2017 including new Goal #8: “Develop a systems based work plan to address recommendations in forthcoming Special Education Program Review Report”
Intermediate […]
Summary of selected CAC events from 2014/15/16
Past Events:
PAUSD Parent Information Session on IEPs & 504 plans (Part 2) – SMART GOALS
Wed, Jan 27, 6:30 – 7:30 PM, SDC Room, 25 Churchill, Palo Alto
This session is the second in a series for parents whose children receive support under […]
CAC Response to Proposed PAUSD Budget Cuts and status of Special Education Review
Statement presented by Palo Alto CAC for PAUSD School Board meeting, August 9, 2015.
Palo Alto CAC responded to proposed budget cuts and requested the Final Report for the Review of PAUSD Special Education be made public and discussed, before any decisions are made based upon its recommendations […]
CAC Response to the PAUSD Special Education Preliminary Review and Recommendations
Upon release of preliminary findings and recommendations from the Harvard Review of PAUSD Special Education, Palo Alto CAC addressed the School Board at its June 13th retreat and subsequently provided the following statement to the Board and district leadership.
The Review is an important first step in building […]
PAUSD Special Education Review – Preliminary Findings & Recommendation
PAUSD Special Education Review – Preliminary Findings & Recommendation
June 15, 2016
The Preliminary Findings and Recommendation from the Review of Special Education conducted by Tom Herir & Associates are now available.
Harvard Review Preliminary Findings
The review team visited our district, reviewed student-level data and […]
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum Committee
Executive Summary for March 8, 2016, Board Meeting:
“In the Education Services weekly of Friday, February 26, 2016, we presented a draft charge and parameters for a Distributed Counseling Committee. Staff strongly endorses the concepts and plan presented, as it would ideally lead to identical, or at least […]
Palo Alto CAC response to California Dept of Education Lawsuit/Morgan Hill Concerned Parents Association
California Dept of Education Lawsuit/Morgan Hill Concerned Parents Association
It is the position of the CAC that parents should have as much information as possible to make an informed decision about this litigation and their children’s right to privacy. You may read articles, blogs, and opinions […]
Special Education Review by Thomas Hehir
PAUSD – Review of Special Education Conducted by Thomas Hehir and Associates LCC
Information on the Proposals for the 2015 Review of Special Education of Palo Alto Unified School District to be conducted by Thomas Hehir and Associates LLC: Phase 1 and Phase 2.
Phase 1 took place in […]