School safety, enrollment & funding
Key Questions
What school safety and policy changes are underway in local districts?
Midpeninsula districts are implementing phone-free classrooms, while a K-12 cell phone ban is under consideration. The MVWSD board remains split on a student tech use resolution following the Bubb stabbing incident.
How are enrollment, funding, and construction issues affecting MVWSD and PAUSD?
MVWSD faces enrollment and TK challenges, while PAUSD's $800 parcel tax is lagging. Summer construction continues at MVWSD schools, and demolition has begun at a new Los Altos School District site targeting a 2028 opening.
What efforts address educational inequity in the region?
A San Jose nonprofit is distributing school supplies to 3,500 students amid growing inequity in Santa Clara County. California schools continue to rank as the most segregated nationally, with the Tinsley program between East Palo Alto and districts like Menlo-Atherton drawing criticism.
Bubb stabbing aftermath. MVWSD enrollment/TK issues. PAUSD $800 parcel tax lagging. K-12 cell phone ban. MVHS 2026 graduation. MVLA board year in review – Ethnic Studies semester course, new special ed leadership, trustee-area elections, bell schedule changes, CTE expansion. Summer construction at MVWSD schools. Palo Alto Unified welcomes Jason Glass as new superintendent. MVLA board approved 2.5% salary increases. New MVLA volunteer rules start July 1, 2026. Midpeninsula school districts plan phone-free classrooms. MVWSD board split on student tech use resolution. Demolition underway at Los Altos School District's 10th school site in Mountain View – fall 2028 target, Bullis Charter School dispute unresolved. California schools remain most segregated in nation; Tinsley program between East Palo Alto and wealthy districts (Menlo-Atherton) criticized as ineffective, raising equity questions for local districts. San Jose nonprofit provides school supplies to 3,500 students, highlighting regional inequity and back-to-school resources.
(first seen: 2026-03-22, last updated: 2026-07-06)