Administrators, teachers and students gathered in N-208 at lunch on Friday to discuss math options beyond Advanced Placement Calculus BC at Gunn. The discussion came on the heels of the Sept. 12 school board meeting, where Superintendent Don Austin announced that Assistant Superintendent of Secondary...
In response to a lawsuit brought by parents in 2021, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Carrie Zepeda filed a court order on Feb. 6 determining that Palo Alto Unified School District’s method of placing students in math courses violates the Math Placement Act of 2015. Those filing the lawsuit...
The latest proposed California mathematics framework recommends students take Algebra I in ninth grade or later. The framework, which was presented in May of 2021, hopes to ensure that students are at a comfortable level, rather than feeling pressured to take a higher-level math course that does not...
Dave Deggeller, Instructional Lead of Mathematics
• December 20, 2019
Hey y’all, what’s the math rush?
I enjoyed reading the full page math spread in the Forum Section of The Oracle on Friday, Dec. 6. I was happy to hear that our existing math infrastructure in Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) served the two student authors, Ms. Suzani (who accelerated...
Written by Kaya van der Horst
On the morning of March 14, a group of students woke up to find an email in their inbox stating that the highly anticipated spring break service trip to Tijuana, Mexico had been cancelled. The Youth Community Service-Interact (YCS-I) trip was scheduled to bring...
