Faculty responds to superintendent’s separation from district Navya Narayanan and Juni Thurston February 22, 2026
Opinion: Earlier start time? Let’s sleep on that Jasper Veer Tuteja and Oscar Varodayan February 11, 2026
Elective teachers concerned about PAUSD enrollment dropping Benjamin Grimes and Jonathan Chen May 26, 2023
![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)
![Senior Lara Lew-Strass talks to two Duveneck Elementary School students during Early Childhood Development’s field trip to the school. According to ECD teacher Hillary McDaniels, the trend of dropping enrollment can actually bring some benefits for schools.
"We're [the district] primarily funded through our property tax dollars," McDaniels said. "Overall when our enrollment shrinks that actually, should be more money per student, not less money per student. But there's also the concept of being fiscally responsible which is important to our district as well, so you need to find that balance." (Photo: Leena Hussein)](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_3318-900x675.jpg)