Preview: Board to review search firms for new superintendent Mayu Altekar-Okazaki and Priya Tamura March 30, 2026
Palo Alto educators advocate for transparency, budget changes Navya Narayanan and Juni Thurston March 18, 2026
Faculty responds to superintendent’s separation from district Navya Narayanan and Juni Thurston February 22, 2026
Board meeting centers on student safety, support Navya Narayanan and Mayu Altekar-Okazaki February 12, 2026
Concerns grow over Fletcher PE teacher’s return Navya Narayanan and Mayu Altekar-Okazaki August 20, 2025
Exclusive interview: Chiu maintains “bullying” claim, but condemns attacks on district employee Kristine Lin and Ava Knapp February 3, 2025
Breaking: Investigation to begin as JLS incident sparks concern Anna Feng and Christopher Choi May 24, 2023
Dozens express opposition towards instructional lead pay reduction Kaahini Jain and Amy Lin May 15, 2020
![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_7950-1200x900.png)
![A small crowd gathers in front of Palo Alto Unified School District's boardroom, hours before the doors open for tonight's meeting. According to community member Sara Woodham, she is coming in support of Danae Reynolds, who was impacted by new board member Rowena Chiu’s recent online activity following the previous board meeting earlier this month. “The part that is truly concerning or worrisome is the use of social media to characterize that meeting and essentially re-tweeting a website that had all these flagrantly racist posts at the time of the reposting,” Woodham said. “It essentially led to Danae [Reynolds] getting even more threats and racist commentary. I also find it ironic because what spawned from the notion that Rowena felt unsafe is that Danae literally became unsafe, and it really became dangerous for her.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/364A0041-1200x800.jpg)
