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Cubberley. The city and the Ballots soon City council meets tonight and for Palo Alto Uniﬁed School DisThe ballots for the trict reached a deal in which the Palo Alto City Council has November election scheduled a closed-door session may release Cubberley appraisal city would buy seven acres of will hit the mail today. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent

the Cubberley property for $65.5 appraisal comes just weeks be- million, contingent on voter apfore Palo Alto voters decide the proval of a tax measure in 2026. fate of Measure J, a half-cent But the public has not yet sales tax to fund the city’s plans [See LATE, page 18]

tonight on the purchase of land The closed session is schedat Cubberley Community Center, raising the possibility that uled for 10:15 p.m., following an appraisal of the property will the rest of the council meeting. The potential release of the ﬁnally be released to the public.

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do not regret my actions in trying to educate, lead Lawsuit says censorship and“I guide the student journalists,” she said. Students and teachers were left in an uncomfortThe Oracle published the revised article on March able position after Mountain View High School Prin- violated First Amendment 30, 2023. The article detailed several instances of cipal Kip Glazer discouraged student reporters from BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

writing an article about sexual harassment and then reassigned their advisor after the article was published, according to new documents filed in court. “I remember feeling extremely intimidated and scared,” student reporter Renuka Mungee said in a court declaration, recalling her meetings with Glazer before the article was published in March 2023. Mungee said she spent weeks diligently working on the article for The Oracle and treated the topic “very seriously.” The Oracle went from having around 39 students in Mungee’s freshman year to 25 students when she was a senior. Mungee said the changes distracted her from reporting, writing and editing. When she became editor-in-chief as a senior, she said she felt like she had to consider whether Glazer would negatively receive every story. “I was constantly aware that the relationship between The Oracle and the administration had become strained. This hampered my ability to focus on stories that deserve to be reported to our community,” Mungee said in the court declaration on Sept. 23. Mungee’s declaration was filed to support a lawsuit by former advisor Carla Gomez and former students Hanna Olson and Hayes Duenow, who said Glazer violated their First Amendment rights by censoring the article and reassigning Gomez. Judge Eunice Lee will consider the district’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Oct. 20 before a trial on Nov. 23. Zachary Morris, the drama teacher who replaced Gomez, said he was surprised when Glazer offered him the advisor position. He didn’t ask for the job, and he hadn’t worked in journalism before. Morris said Glazer told him to make The Oracle “less hard-hitting, more hip.” ‘We don’t need newspapers anymore’ “It’s the 21st century. We don’t·need newspapers anymore,” she said, according to Morris. Glazer told Morris that student reporters were hard to control and asked him to call a meeting with her and the staff. “She basically said, ‘We’re going to get them in line,’” Morris testified in a deposition. Morris said he didn’t want to be with Glazer in front of the students because he thought it would damage his ability to teach them. So he refused holding the meeting, even though he was concerned for his future at the high school. Morris said Glazer started finding him on campus every day and trapped him in a three-hour venting session. “She cornered me in this little lobby area … I just kept trying to get out of the conversation and couldn’t get out,” Morris testified.

Claim about credentials Glazer told Gomez she was reassigned because she didn’t have a credential for Career and Technical Education, or CTE. But Morris didn’t have a CTE credential either, and Gomez said she was willing to get one. In her own court declaration, Glazer said she’s been trying to expand CTE in Mountain View since she was hired in fall 2022. Glazer said The Oracle has been mainly a traditional hard-copy newspaper, and preparing news digitally wasn’t a priority. She said students need more experience beyond just investigating and writing articles. “They need digital skills, computer literacy, and be much more active and strategic in their use of social media,” she said. Glazer said parents complained about the article accusing their son of sexual harassment. They were terriﬁed that their son would attempt suicide if the article was published, Glazer said. So Glazer visited the class and asked to get an advanced copy of the newspaper. She said she was “shocked” to read the article accuse multiple students

of serious crimes, including harassment, stalking and attempted rape. “Even more concerning was that each of the accused students were easily identiﬁable,” she said. Glazer said the article was inaccurate and accused a teacher of facilitating a culture of sexual harassment, but the teacher was never interviewed. Glazer met with students a second time and told them the article could have “disastrous consequences.” Glazer said she is responsible for the health and safety of all students, including the accused.

male students sending inappropriate and unwanted messages to other students, including unsolicited nude photos. Gomez, Olson and Duenow sued Glazer and the school district on Feb. 22, 2024, with two key claims: Glazer censored the article and retaliated against Gomez by removing her as advisor. The students gave 11 examples of information they changed in the article after meeting with Glazer. Glazer also asked students to take out references to the school failing to hold sexual harassers accountable, the suit said.

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Wang and Craig for school board The Palo Alto Uniﬁed School District stands at a critical crossroads, which is why we proudly endorse Avery Wang and John Craig for the Palo Alto school board. The district desperately needs structural and cultural reform, and both Wang and Craig bring the independent vision, ﬁscal realism and commitment to academic excellence required to steer the district back on track. We cannot endorse the third candidate in the race, Linda Henigin, because she represents a vote for the status quo. Why Henigin Falls Short Henigin, an instructional aide, seems to be on the side of policies that keep the district anchored to past missteps. For instance, she leans toward de-laning — an educational practice of eliminating tracked or grouped classes (such as separating students by academic skill levels in subjects like math) in an attempt to place all students of varying abilities into the same heterogeneous classrooms. Critics note this approach often dumbs down instruction and deprives high-achieving students of rigorous academic challenges. When questioned about it, she

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wouldn’t take a “yes” or “no” position on de-laning, but offered another approach that would group students together that sounded a lot like de-laning to us. Furthermore, Henigin supports raising teacher compensation despite an existing labor contract that risks plunging the district deeper into a multi-million-dollar budget deﬁcit. At a time when the district has faced severe budget shortfalls — lately highlighted by wasteful expenditures like $18,000 luxury sushi machines while grappling with core budget holes — PAUSD needs leaders who prioritize ﬁscal discipline over empty promises. Ending the Don Austin Era Palo Alto schools must make a

clean break from the toxic legacy of former Superintendent Don Austin, who infamously ruled through intimidation and manipulation. The district’s administrative bureaucracy spiraled so far out of control that it even launched a covert investigation targeting school board member Rowena Chiu. We suspect the point of this was an ugly attempt to dig up dirt and force her resignation. (They didn’t ﬁnd any dirt, however.) Electing Avery Wang and John Craig, alongside Chiu, will forge a principled three-member reform majority on the board. This new majority can ﬁnally sweep out Austin’s remaining collaborators and restore accountability, openness and integrity to 25 Churchill. Merit and Advanced Math We strongly favor Wang and Craig for their unwavering emphasis on merit and the rebuilding of an educational meritocracy. Avery Wang, in particular, has been a tireless champion for advanced math opportunities. His dedication to ensuring students can excel and advance in mathematics goes beyond mere rhetoric — he even took legal action against the district to challenge policies that

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unfairly held back high achieving students. John Craig joins him with a sharp focus on restoring academic rigor, ﬁnancial transparency and common-sense governance. To turn the page on administrative overreach and refocus our schools on student achievement, vote for Avery Wang and John Craig for Palo Alto school board.

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OPINION which coverage describes as the primary goal, and the city has not released an appraisal. Dear Editor: I applaud the Menlo Park City The numbers are thin: about $15.6 million a year Council for standing their ground and not bowing to against a reported $300 to $400 million project. The pressure from Attorney General Rob Bonta and the tax would raise Palo Alto’s sales tax to 10.25%, above developer to fast track the massive towers proposed Mountain View and Los Altos, and the measure’s lanfor the former Sunset Magazine site. Such leadership guage says it continues “until ended by voters.” Sales is rare these days. taxes weigh most on lower-income households. We must demand a full Environmental Impact ReCubberley is worth saving. The council should port for the project. come back with a dedicated tax that legally commits While insisting on accountability comes with risks, the money to Cubberley, includes a sunset date, and the impacts from approving the project would far releases the appraisal. outweigh those risks. The Willow Park project would Medha Shewale generate a tremendous amount of additional traffic in Palo Alto an already congested area, threatening public safety while severely compromising the quality of life for both residents and commuters. Dear Editor: Linda Henigin is a powerhouse of Builder’s Remedy, a state law aimed at improving commitment, care, energy and effectiveness –- just housing, would in this case do the exact opposite. The what the Palo Alto school district needs. housing crisis is one of both supply and demand — We have known Linda for many years, not as perwe don’t have enough housing, but we also have too sonal friends, but as fellow activists striving for somany jobs for the available housing stock. cial justice. In the many pursuits to which this nevWillow Park would add way more jobs than hous- er-exhausted citizen has committed herself, she has ing, making our housing shortfall even worse. If consistently demonstrated good judgment, thoughtful AG Bonta wants to defend the state’s severely-flawed leadership and keen intelligence. position while campaigning for reelection, that will tell voters a lot about who he is. Housing advocates and slow-growth proponents should unite against this specific project. I also appreciate the excellent coverage of this issue provided by the Post, as well as Congressman Sam Liccardo’s insistence that the developer be investigated for his role in organized crime and other illegal activities. Peter Drekmeier Palo Alto

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Her history with the Palo Alto schools demonstrates her devotion to the children of Palo Alto, whom she has served in many roles. At a time when the path to success for our children seems to involve ever greater competition, Linda remains committed to making our schools a place where all can succeed. Mitchell and Jane Zimmerman Palo Alto

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Dear Editor: Linda Henigin is not qualiﬁed to be on the Palo Alto school board. She’s a teacher’s aide and tutor, not a math teacher as other media have claimed. Her non-academic contributions are impressive. But lots of volunteer work doesn’t qualify anyone for the school board. Not only that, her use of her PAUSD email address for her campaign should disqualify her. Of even greater concern is the fact that she is the union-endorsed candidate. PAUSD schools used to be excellent. But PAUSD has been slowly strangled by the teacher and management unions. These unions excel at manipulating processes to funnel money into mostly performative programs. Where teachers’ [See LETTERS, page 8]

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Dear Editor: During the public comment period at the Sept. 29 Menlo Park City Council meeting, Intel heiress Karen Grove said the council’s plan to shoehorn low-income housing into our downtown parking lots will “heal my heart,” because she yearns to help many people in need. I don’t doubt her sincerity, and as chair of the multimillion-dollar Grove Foundation, she’s in a position to do a lot of good. But she’s ignoring half of the equation. Does it also “heal her heart,” as co-founder, treasurer and major donor to the No on P campaign, to facilitate the destruction of 100 family businesses or more, and leave their employees, including minimum-wage earners, jobless? And why do the rest of us, residents [See GROVE, page 10]

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Dear Editor: I strongly oppose the latest transit tax proposal, Measure RTM. We don’t need another regressive Dear Editor: I can’t believe a high- transportation funding measure. Our rise ofﬁce complex has been proposed taxes are already too high. Vote “no.” in a suburban neighborhood, on the Over the last several elections, voters former Sunset Magazine property – es- in Santa Clara County have passed sevpecially considering how much appar- eral tax increases. All this nickel and ently vacant commercial space already diming contributes into making the Bay exists to the north. Rush-hour trafﬁc on [See TAXES, page 12]

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Dear Editor: Steve Schmidt (who served as mayor of Menlo Park more than 20 years ago) is correct that dissent has a role in representative government. But dissent should not be a governing philosophy. When Menlo Park needed a state-compliant housing plan, Councilman Drew Combs provided no leadership, no ideas and only a “no” vote every single time he had the opportunity to vote for a plan.

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568 Irven Court, 94306, 4 bedrooms, 2264 square feet, built in 2012, Huang Trust to Silvana and Andi Mullaraj for $4,250,000, closed Sept. 4 (last sale: $1,120,000, 07-16-07)

MENLO PARK 1140 Almanor Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 970 square feet, built in 1950, Jim Gao to Yue and Tianhong Wang for $1,340,000, closed Aug. 18 (last sale: $57,000, 03-28-15) 1326 Hoover St. #5, 94025, Cecilio Lopez to Bradley Greene for $2,150,000, closed Aug. 18 (last sale: $2,100,000, 02-28-19) 632 Sand Hill Circle, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2280 square feet, built in 1975, Kelly Trust to Nicholas Gebhart for $2,200,000, closed Aug. 17 (last sale: $1,190,000, 05-18-10)

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TUESDAY 7:31 p.m. — Grand theft, 1400 block of Middleﬁeld Road. WEDNESDAY 6:45 a.m. — Haleh Sultanpour, 48, of Palo Alto, arrested for DUI, El Camino and Page Mill Road. 11:20 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 1900 block of Old Page Mill Road. 7:30 p.m. — Sexual battery, Arastradero Road. 9:54 p.m. — Carmelo Garcia Santiago, 37, of Gilroy, arrested on two warrants, Sand Hill Road and Plum Lane.

MENLO PARK FRIDAY 4:39 a.m. — Two vehicles stolen, 200 block of Terminal Ave. 4:31 p.m. — Battery, 600 block of Santa Cruz Ave. 8:46 p.m. — Battery, 1900 block of Oakdell Drive. 9:29 p.m. — Monica Espinoza Sanchez, 45, transient, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, University Ave. at the railroad tracks.

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SEPT. 26 4:38 a.m. — Extortion, 500 block of Mayﬁeld Ave. 10:56 a.m. — Petty theft, Dudley Lane. SEPT. 27 12:46 p.m. — Extortion reported, 700 block of Escondido Road.

MOUNTAIN VIEW SEPT. 26 1:07 a.m. — Fernando Galindo, 25, of Mountain View, cited for DUI, 1700 block of Rock St. 1:20 a.m. — Grand theft, 100 block of Castro St. 2:04 a.m. — Nelson Enrique Perez Prieto, 30, of Fremont, cited for DUI, Evelyn Ave. and Highway 85. 9:50 a.m. — Mail stolen, 900 block of High School Way. 3:42 p.m. — Mail stolen, 900 block of High School Way. 3:50 p.m. — Burglary, 100 block of Pioneer Way. 8:26 p.m. — David Maypes, 44, transient, arrested for public drunkenness and battery against a

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“It’s hard to adjust the narrative,” Collins said. Still, releasing the appraisal is “the seen the appraisal for the property, so right thing to do,” he added. voters don’t know if the sale would be Former Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou, a good deal. The city in July rejected who opposes Measure J, said releasing the Post’s California Public Records the appraisal “will be a start.” Act request for the appraisal. Officials But the measure still has a number of said they’re not required to release the shortcomings, she said. document because appraisals ahead of Sales tax revenue from Measure J buying a property are exempt from the will go to the city’s general fund, where CPRA. it won’t necessarily be spent on CubThe Palo Alto Unified school board berley, she said, noting the $17.1 milhad a closed-door session on the Cub- lion general fund deficit that the city berley land sale on Sept. 30. had to plug in its 2026-27 budget. Mayor Vicki Veenker told the Post on Friday that there may be a reportTax has no sunset able action “shortly.” A reportable acKou pointed out that the sales tax tion is when council reveals a decision has no end date. The ballot language made in a closed-door meeting. says it will continue “until ended by What the tax will do Measure J is expected to bring in $15.6 million per year. The money would go into the city’s general fund, which pays for day-to-day operations of the city. Council approved a resolution with spending guidelines for Measure J, saying funds would go toward the land purchase and completing the first phase of a Cubberley master plan. Measure J supporters say the city has a good track record of spending tax revenues as it has promised for previous measures. Measure J is “the most realistic path to a safe, renovated Cubberley,” the Yes on J campaign said. The measure needs a majority vote to pass.

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‘Mystery appraisal’ Measure J opponent Jeanne Fleming offered a quick comment on what she called the “mystery appraisal.” “If it made the case for passing J stronger, they would have tied it up in red-white-and-blue ribbon and hand-delivered it to (Daily Post Editor) Dave Price the ﬁrst time he requested the document,” Fleming said in an email. Another possibility is that council members and school board members have been renegotiating the Cubberley land deal in their closed-door sessions. Former school board member Todd Collins has suggested that the city could ask for a lower price or better terms, like a payment plan rather than cash upfront. Collins said yesterday that a renegotiation would help Measure J’s chances of approval. Whether releasing the appraisal would help Measure J depends on a few factors, he said. An appraised value close to the price the city agreed to pay would reassure voters who are worried the city is overpaying. Releasing the document might also boost voters’ trust in the city, Collins said.

voters,” which Kou said would be a labor-intensive and expensive task for residents to pull off. Although the ballot question outlines repairs and safety upgrades to Cubberley that the tax could pay for, council-adopted spending guidelines said funds would be used to buy the land. “So what is it?” Kou said. “There’s all sorts of messages out there.” Kou said Palo Altans are being overwhelmed with new taxes. Santa Clara County Measure A, passed in November 2025, increased the sales tax by 0.625% for ﬁve years to fund health care. Another ballot measure this November is Measure RTM, a half-cent sales tax increase in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa counties to fund BART, Caltrain and other mass transit systems. The sales tax increase would be one cent in San Francisco.

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Mims Jr. to set up a short touchdown drive in the third quarter that gave them the lead for good. The Niners had been held to three points on seven possessions before the takeaway that set the stage for three straight touchdowns as the Niners took advantage of injuries that knocked out both of Denver’s starting cornerbacks, including two-time All Pro Patrick Surtain II. “We wanted to break through whatever that was and just be ourselves,” Purdy said. “I’m glad we could get some momentum going in the second half. That’s why it’s a four-quarter game.” Purdy capped the 28-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Deebo Samuel that made it 10-3 late in the third quarter. He then engineered a 74-yard drive that McCaffrey finished with a 1-yard run to extend the lead to 17-6 midway through the fourth after the Broncos (2-2) had settled for a field goal on fourth-and-2. Bo Nix, who has thrived in lategame comeback situations, tried to Don’t we own this already? mount another for Denver with his 13Other voters might still feel that with yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Waddle the new sales tax, they’d be paying “to cutting the Niners’ lead to 17-14 with move something from our left pocket a 2-point conversion with 4:05 to play. to our right pocket,” Collins said, since But the 49ers sealed the win when the Cubberley land would be transKittle took a screen pass behind the ferred from one local government to line of scrimmage and outraced former another. teammate Talanoa Hufanga for a 56And an appraised value less than the yard touchdown with 2:15 to go. agreed-upon sales price would give “Any time you see green grass, I think ammunition to Measure J opponents, I ran the entire time with a smile on my he said. face,” said Kittle, who’ll turn 33 on FriEven though releasing the appraisal day. “Always outrunning younger, old might benefit Measure J, he said, doing teammates is always a good time, espeso earlier would have been more helpful. cially when they’re (27).” Ballots will go out in the mail today.

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fronts are awful,” she said in an interview. Veenker said she wants to build better relationships with larger businesses so they’ll invest in Cal Ave. She’s having a business roundtable this month to tell them how they can be better “corporate citizens,” she said. Veenker voted against closing Cal Ave. to cars in November 2023 but was outnumbered 5-2. Another candidate, Parks Commissioner Yudy Deng, said she wants to make it easier and more affordable for small businesses to get permits from the city. She wants the city to have a 30-day “decision guarantee” for common permits and a 90-day guarantee for larger projects.

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Permitting criticism refutted SCHOOL OFFICIAL REBUKED: The school Councilman Ed Lauing, who is running for re-elec- board for the San Jose Franklin-McKinley School tion, said Deng’s criticism of the city’s permitting District has publicly rebuked one of its own process is unfounded. members for making an anti-Muslim statement in “Permitting in general has improved, because the connection with 9/11. Board member Marc Cooper planning department gets it,” Lauing said. “That’s a also had to sign a resolution supporting diversity. common issue that new candidates without any experience talk about a lot because it sounds good, but CALTRAIN RIDERSHIP: Caltrain reports carrying they need to figure out what’s actually going on there.” 24,843 people per day on weekdays in the fiscal year The city has eased parking requirements for restau- ending June 30, which is 69.4% of 2019 levels. The rants and offered them more square footage in out- railroad is trying to recover from a loss of riders door dining setups, Lauing said. during Covid. Lauing said the city should have signs and kiosks showing where stores are. He also wants a large gateCRUISE BOMBS: “Digger” flopped in its way sign at the intersection with El Camino Real to opening weekend, handing Tom Cruise one of show that Cal Ave. isn’t a “dead street,” like the one the worst debuts of his career with just $8 million on Broadway in Redwood City. in sales. No. 1 instead went to Amazon MGM’s Lauing took credit for spearheading a new Economic “Verity,” which brought in $32.6 million. Development Committee to discuss Cal Ave. DATA CENTER INVESTMENT: Amazon is The retail vacancy rate on Cal Ave was 5.4% in the second quarter of this year, down from 7.5% a investing more than $1 billion over the next five year ago. About 17,493 square feet of retail space was years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy available, according to a city report. The highest retail vacancy rate on Cal Ave. was 16.2% preservation projects and other local priorities as it in the first quarter of 2023, and the lowest was near com- reacts to a growing backlash to the tech industry’s rollout of the massive buildings. plete occupancy at the end of 2016, the report said.

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TAKE A BITE OUT OF CANCER and some delicious lobster, too. Dine, drink, dance the night away and donate to a great cause—all at Lobsterfest 2026 at New England Lobster this Saturday, Oct. 10 from 4 to 10 p.m. This 21+ event features lobster, a live DJ, a no-host beer and wine bar, and a raffle. Tickets are $150 per person, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Okizu, a nonprofit that provides free camp programs for children with cancer and their families. “The kids at the camp say they go to the hospital for treatment, but they go to Okizu to heal,” said New England Lobster owner Marc Worrall, who has hosted the annual benefit since 2005. For more information and to get your tickets, go to https://support.okizu.org/ event/lobsterfest-2026/e815008. PORCHETTA NIGHT IS BACK AT ITALICO. Chef Kristjan’s slowroasted porchetta returns for one night only on Saturday, October 17th. Enjoy the authentic Italian flavors of perfectly seasoned porchetta, crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. iTalico is located at 341 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto. For reservations, please call (650) 473-9616. FALL WINE DINNER AT CAFFE RIACE: A fivecourse Italian feast on Thursday, October 22 at 5:30 p.m. Experience Italian regions from Piedmont in

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