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Ria Pai, Managing Editor
Ria (Class of 2020) is a Managing sports editor, who joined Voice at the beginning of her junior year. When she’s not writing and editing stories, Ria...

Gracia Hmelar, Managing Editor
Gracia (Class of 2020) is a Managing editor, who joined Voice at the beginning of her junior year. When not working on Voice, Gracia likes wearing sweaters,...



![Shounak Dharap, president of the school board of Palo Alto Unified School District, announced Friday morning that Superintendent Don Austin separated from his superintendent position at PAUSD. Corbin Dodd, an Ethnic Studies and AP Seminar teacher at Palo Alto High School, said that Austin's separation from the district surprised him and his colleagues. "Negotiations are happening right now, so there's a lot of talk about the school board and the superintendent, but it [Austin's separation] wasn't on my radar, and I don't think it was on the radar of any of the teachers I've spoken to," Dodd said.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_7950-300x225.png)

