Class of 2020 celebrates graduation in a flurry of cheering and honking
June 7, 2020
Hundreds of cars circled around Palo Alto Wednesday to celebrate the Class of 2020’s graduation in a replacement ceremony for a traditional graduation that could not take place at the end of the school year due to safety precautions. The traditional graduation has been rescheduled to December 2020.
Seniors participating in the festive included those from Palo Alto High, Gunn High, Kehillah High and Castilleja School.
![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)
