Verbatim: Sports during COVID-19
December 4, 2020
After months of canceled practices due to the pandemic, Palo Alto High School students slowly began to return to playing sports this semester. For the past few weeks, Paly has been making it possible for some athletes to start playing their sport again. But as California moves into the purple COVID-19 tier, all school sports have been suspended until further notice.
![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)
