Past Curfew: Tiny Desk captures a local cover band playing overtime Priya Tamura and Liani Ragade June 1, 2026
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Community members grapple with Supreme Court ruling on student gender identity Priya Tamura and Joyce Ma May 28, 2026
![Senior Shalin Dwivedi walks past a now-removed mural, gifted by the Latinos Unidos, depicting a variety of influential social activists, including César Chávez at the top that Palo Alto High School administration took down. According to visual arts teacher Tracey Atkinson, making a new mural would be a big time commitment for students interested. "People think it [a mural] can be done in like 5 hours, but really it's more like 100 hours," Atkinson said. "Sometimes students get very excited about an idea, but then don't actually want to put the time in to make it happen because they're very busy and that's understandable."](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_6456-1200x900.jpeg)
![Students check out booths from the County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services department and other organizations dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community during the May 20 “Pride at Paly” event at the quad. According to Robert Andrade, Palo Alto Unified School District Civil Rights and Legal Affairs Coordinator, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta would restrict California from enforcing gender nondisclosure policy requirements for schools. “In this particular case, they [Supreme Court] made a ruling that blocked California law of maintaining confidentiality, but the ruling is incomplete because what they did was they sent it back to the Ninth Circuit [U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit] to finish the case,” Andrade said. “There's a possibility … they [Ninth Circuit] might create exceptions for the block in confidentiality. … [so] there hasn't been any guidance given to staff just yet, and the reason being is because the ultimate guidance from our legal counsel and other practitioners in the legal field that supports school districts is you want to wait for this case to finish at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals because right now, our district policy essentially says we have to maintain confidentiality.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_20260520_123245-1200x900.jpg)
![Economics teacher Eric Bloom encourages students to return their textbooks for the end of the year. According to Bloom, students might have recognized his unique fashion choices including vibrant shoes and belt buckles. Bloom said his attire choices actually linked to his lessons. "I have a lot of shoes, I have a lot of belt buckles and wear them purpose because of its educational value," Bloom said. "Especially in the earlier part of my career when we would talk about product differentiation, I had an assignment where students go home and count how many different kinds of shoes [they have]."](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Untitled-6-1.jpg)
