Superintendent's Update

SANTA CLARA COUNTY (SCC) OFFERING LIMITED AT-HOME ANTIGEN TESTS

The County of Santa Clara is offering four (4) free at-home COVID-19 antigen tests to those who live, work, or attend school in the county, with four distribution locations opening on an appointment basis starting this Saturday, January 22, 2022. Sign up is available through www.sccfreetest.org.

Individuals will be assigned a unique QR code which must be ...

BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA CALENDAR

The agenda calendar is tentative until officially posted. The calendar can be found HERE.

MESSAGE FROM SUPERINTENDENT

This one is easy. Thank you…. We have dealt with enough uncertainty over the last two years to last a ...

Dear Community:

The latest COVID surge has impacted schools across the country creating challenges to remain open. Beyond classroom substitutes, PAUSD will need assistance addressing the needs when our support staff is impacted.

With that in mind, we are putting out this call to action to ...

COVID-19 IN SCHOOLS UPDATE

First, we are thankful for everyone who has contributed to our first week of in-person instruction following the break. Information overload is exhausting for people and I want to start with a simple "thank you" to all.

Covid Clinic has tested 6,001 staff and students from ...

Dear PAUSD Families,

As promised, I am sending some information about school operations and the Covid Omicron variant. Slightly over 500 PAUSD staff members and their families tested on Monday. Additionally, many community members and students tested at our Cubberley testing site on the ...

Dear PAUSD Families,

PAUSD and our partner, Covid Clinic, is hosting a Covid testing center this Monday (tomorrow) from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the Cubberley Center. The Cubberley address is 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. With ...

Dear PAUSD Families,

I am writing this brief message to clarify some items related to our return to school next week. Let me begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year's Eve as we prepare for 2022.

PAUSD will return next week with expectations for full ...

END OF CALENDAR YEAR

We have many things to be thankful for over the last calendar year. Most importantly, PAUSD returned fully in the fall and school has felt like school again. There is no need to rehash everything that went into our full reopening. Everyone knows it was challenging and ...

BOARD OF EDUCATION AGENDA CALENDAR
The agenda calendar is temporary until posted the Friday before each meeting. The tentative calendar can be found HERE.

SCHOOL SAFETY
There is nothing more important than maintaining safe and predictable learning environments for our students. PAUSD has taken steps over the last four years to improve campus security. Several of ...

THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS

I hope everyone has an opportunity to share what makes them thankful. A friend told me that people tend to over-select on the negative. I'm guilty of that statement from time to time! If we look carefully, there is plenty to celebrate around us.

I had a great conversation with some high school students recently. They provided some powerful insight ...