Verbatim: Teachers, students react to ‘separation’ from deputy superintendent Alex Chang and Kevin O’Brien March 20, 2026
Faculty responds to superintendent’s separation from district Navya Narayanan and Juni Thurston February 22, 2026
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Study Hall to replace extended lunch Sophia Yang, Anna Feng, and Daniel Garepis-Holland August 18, 2022
![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)
![Seen through a hole in the fence, a construction worker walks across the newly renovated deck of the Tower Building. The recently planted grass in front of the Palo Alto High School Tower Building sparks excitement for the long-awaited construction to end around the school According to junior Parker Anderson, he is eagerly anticipating for the building to be open to students. " I look forward to being able to spend more time there [...] and also just being able to see what it [Tower Building] will look like," Anderson said. (Photo: Divij Motwani)](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DSC_0031-1200x800.jpg)
