Meet the 2018 school board candidates
October 22, 2018
Five Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education candidates appeared at the first school board candidate debate on Sept. 20. From left: Stacey Ashlund, Ken Dauber, Shounak Dharap, Kathy Jordan and Alex Scharf. Photo: Margaret Li
The Paly Voice sat down with five candidates running for a seat on the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education to find out about how they became involved in the district and their goals for the board. Elections will be held on Nov. 6.
![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)
