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STUDENTS and parents listen at a meeting about the possible closure of TIDE high school. Post photo by Adriana Hernandez.
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ICE TO MILAN: News that a U.S. ICE unit will be present at the upcoming Winter Games has sparked confusion and concern in Italy. Milan’s mayor has stated ICE is not welcome in the city. Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE, often assists with security at international events. HSI is distinct from the ICE arm at the forefront of U.S. immigration enforcement.
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The Sequoia Union High School District Superintendent is proposing moving students from a small magnet school in Menlo Park to Woodside High School to save the district money. The district is looking to close the school due to budget cuts, and held a meeting on Monday where Superintendent Crystal Leach presented her proposal to move the students from their east Menlo Park campus to Woodside. The board will decide the school’s fate on Feb. 4. At the meeting, the board will have the following option — to do nothing, lay off employees, phase out the school’s closure over three years, close on June 30, 2026, or move the school to Woodside High School.
Many parents on Monday disagreed with Leach’s recommendation, worried their children, many of whom have individualized education programs, also known an an IEP or a 504 plan, would be bullied, and that Woodside’s administration wouldn’t do anything about it. Bigger schools like Woodside also have supports for students with IEPs and 504 plans, which provide accommodations, classroom support, wellness support and flexible schedules, and offer greater capacity with more employees, according to Coordinator Shana Karashima. “When I’m told 504s and IEPs are the same across all schools, it is offensive and wrong. I don’t know where this information comes from because, as a parent, that’s absolutely not my experience. The only [See SCHOOL, page 18]
Park gets porta potties, sink BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
The city of Palo Alto has placed portable restrooms at Eleanor Pardee Park — a facility that many residents have been awaiting for decades, and others have been fighting against. Two portable restrooms and a sink
nent restrooms in 2028, she said. “In the meantime, we thought it would be great to support this endeavor,” said Jeny Smith, president of Friends of Palo Alto Parks. “We don’t want little kids going in the bushes.” The city did a survey last year with [See PARK, page 18]
were installed on Monday with a donation from the nonprofit Friends of Palo Alto Parks — about $610 per month for ongoing maintenance, city spokeswoman Meghan Horrigan-Taylor said in an email yesterday. The city is planning to do outreach later this year and to install perma-
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