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The Paly Voice
The Student News Site of Palo Alto High School

The Paly Voice
The Student News Site of Palo Alto High School

The Paly Voice
Superintendent Don Austin speaks to student journalists in a press conference this morning in the Media Arts Center regarding the shelter-in-place Tuesday at Palo Alto High School. According to Austin, clearer communication by the district to staff and students is needed in case of similar future events, as some teachers were unsure of what defined a shelter-in-place protocol. “What is important to know in these situations is the kind of communication you should expect,” Austin said. “If theres a serious situation, youre gonna hear an announcement about it.”

Superintendent responds to shelter-in-place incident

Payton Anderson, Senior Staff Writer
April 28, 2023
(Photo: Daniel Garepis-Holland)

Breaking: Police say they’ve arrested student who threatened shooting

Payton Anderson and Sophia Yang
April 27, 2023
A police officer talks with students as they regroup during brunch today near the Palo Alto High School Library. Officers were called onto campus to investigate an anonymous shooter threat taped to a social studies classroom door. According to history teacher Jack Bungarden, the administration handled the response to the threat in an adequate manner. “The leadership of the school did an excellent job of responding,” Bungarden said. “There were problems with communication and some clarity and some confusion. But even if we were well trained and well prepared, and this is part of the scenario that we had practiced, theres still going to be an element of that. Perfection is hard to achieve.” (Photo: Leena Hussein)

Student, staff reactions to shelter-in-place

Anna Feng, Editor-In-Chief
April 25, 2023
The Palo Alto Police Department monitors Centennial Plaza at Palo Alto High School following a gun threat discovered on campus early this morning. (Photo: Maxwell Zhang)

Breaking: School issues all-clear after gun threat shelter-in-place

Brennen Ho, Maxwell Zhang, and Anna Feng
April 25, 2023
Community reflects on open campus policy after stabbing incident

Community reflects on open campus policy after stabbing incident

Madison Abbassi and Jeffrey Tu
September 2, 2021
The Palo Alto Unified School Board listens to Komey Vishakan, the district manager of policy and legal compliance (not pictured), summarize the revised Memorandum of Understanding with the Palo Alto Police Department at a board meeting on Tuesday. Vishakan said that the memorandum was long overdue. “This was due back on August 14, 2017, so we are under pressure to get this completed,” Vishakan said.

Board revises previous agreement with police

November 15, 2018
Board envisions revised role for police at school

Board envisions revised role for police at school

Benjamin Huang and Jevan Yu
August 22, 2018
Palo Alto Police Department rules lockdown threat a hoax

Palo Alto Police Department rules lockdown threat a hoax

Eleanor Krugler, Editor-in-Chief
March 30, 2018
The Palo Alto Police Department blocks off Embarcadero Road, following a lockdown and threat at Palo Alto High School. The lockdown began at the beginning of fifth period, and was lifted at 2:10 p.m., after the PAPD determined that the threat was “likely a hoax.” “I don’t know what was going through my head [during the lockdown], I was just texting everyone and seeing if they were safe,” senior Julia Asher said. Photo: Dylan Zou

Palo Alto High School goes into 86-minute lockdown following threat

Noah Yuen and Soumya Jhaveri
March 29, 2018

Local news websites up again after hacking incident

Dhara Yu and Sherwin Amsbaugh
September 19, 2015

Students react to recent flashing incidents

Claire Krugler and Amy Leung
October 27, 2014
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