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A council of administrators and instructional leaders have rejected a teacher’s offer to teach Multivariable Calculus at Palo Alto High School — a blow to students and parents who have advocated for more advanced math. Instead, Principal Brent Kline said his goal is to bring a Foothill College instructor to teach Multivariable Cal-
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so he could teach Multivariable Calculus, and then he wrote a course proposal that went to the school board on Dec. 16. But the Paly Education Council — made up of assistant principals, instructional leads and teacher leaders — opposed the addition of the course. “It risks amplifying the already sig-
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