Parents petition district to rethink classroom technology Priya Tamura and Jasper Veer Tuteja August 25, 2026
Breaking: PAUSD looks to cut $33 million next year to address budget deficit Jasper Veer Tuteja and Oscar Varodayan August 19, 2026
Community weighs in on district mosque field trip lawsuit Priya Tamura and Navya Narayanan August 18, 2026
Students look forward to on-campus Multivariable Calculus class Diego Hakeman and Oscar Varodayan June 3, 2026
Student athletes celebrate college commitments on Signing Day Allison Ma and Veronica Qiu May 20, 2026
Santa Clara jury rejects Kathleen Krier’s claims against PAUSD Diego Hakeman and Juni Thurston May 12, 2026
![Parents and advocates support Schools Beyond Screens by dressing in white and bringing signs to the Aug. 17 board meeting at the district office. According to Leor Melamedov, educational technology is not functioning as intended. "[Edtech] promised personalized learning, equity, and better outcomes," Melamedov said. "Instead, it lowered attention spans, reduced real learning, and created a constant source of frustration for parents and teachers without delivering the promised results."](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_1179-1200x755.jpeg)
![Charen Yu (left), the Palo Alto Unified School District chief business officer, presents the updated 2026-2027 budget during Tuesday's board meeting. According to Yu, expenditure changes are the primary reason for the deficit. “[Compared to the adopted budget], certificated salaries are up $18.8 million (which translates to 13.4%), classified salaries are up $11 million (or 17%), benefits are up $5.6 million and all other objects are down $2.9 million,” Yu said. “These are settled agreements with our bargaining partners. They are contractual obligations and they are the primary driver of the change.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/budget-presentation-1200x900.jpeg)
![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)
