Meet the 2020 school board candidates
September 29, 2020
In November, Palo Alto voters will decide on the next Board of Education trustees.
The outcome of the election will likely have broad implications on the district’s reopening policy, as well as how the district supports underrepresented student populations, which many candidates put at the center of their campaigns.
The Paly Voice interviewed and profiled the six candidates, who are running for three seats on the Board. The candidates will face off in a debate hosted by Palo Alto Weekly on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
![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)
