Verbatim: Students’ thoughts on flexible learning options
April 12, 2020
As the Palo Alto Unified School District moves into required online learning experiences for phase III of school closure, students at Palo Alto High School express their thoughts on the flexible learning options teachers provided during phases I and II.
FLO Student Verbatim by Emily Yun
![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)
