Co-Organized by the City of Palo Alto Community Service and the Palo Alto Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for Special Education, and co Sponsored by Palo Alto Unified School District Date: Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: Mitchell Park Community Center, El Palo Alto Room Children’s Corner with Art & Craft, Games and Snacks Available to Engage Children […]

Join us in this two-class series on ways to support your child’s mental and physical wellness at home. Class will include issues relevant to all children of all ages, however the techniques are specifically targeted to 5th grade and up. Dr. Moira Kessler is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and specializes in school mental health […]

There are two workshops: (10/18) is in Spanish,  (10/19) is in English Special Education 101 presented by Parents Helping Parents. In Spanish on Tuesday, October 18 from 7-9 PM at Castro Elementary in Mountain View. In English on Wednesday, October 19 from 7-9 PM at Santa Rita Elementary in Los Altos. Back by popular demand: […]

PAUSD Innovation & Agility Team created this great video celebrating Unity Day 2021. Here is the link to the original video. Or you can access the video .

Comments on November 19, 2019 Dyslexia Update Delivered by Kimberly Eng Lee, co-Chair Palo Alto CAC (Download as PDF: CAC Comments on Dyslexia 11_19_19) We appreciate and acknowledge the teachers who screened all our 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders for dyslexia. And while we don’t yet know if 3 OG-trained teachers per school is enough for […]

Come on out! PAUSD celebrates the third year of it’s Special Olympics Schools Partnership program. Sports provide great opportunities for special education students and their peers to work together as teammates to create inclusive school communities. Parents, students and other community members are invited to cheer on students in this last event of the season. Over 125 student […]

For Parents of Duveneck Elementary Join Principal Chris Grierson for a Community Conversation with Special Education Director Alma Ellis. Do you have a child with an IEP or 504 or a child that needs a bit of extra help? Do you have questions about your child’s progress at school? Curious about what social and emotional supports […]

Objectives of a newly proposed “Special Education Programs and Services, 3-year Plan (2019-2022)” are to: ensure compliance with procedural standards provide high quality programs and services train and support educators in effective collaborative teaming/co-teaching value parent partnerships and engagement At the February 2019 Palo Alto CAC General Meeting, Lana Conaway (Assistant Superintendent of Strategic Initiatives and […]

Jonathan Mooney will be speaking about his new book “Normal Sucks”. Confessional and often hilarious, in Normal Sucks a neuro-diverse writer, advocate, and father meditates on his life, offering the radical message that we should stop trying to fix people and start empowering them to succeed. Presented by CHC. Register here. Due to popular demand, […]

2023 SELPA1 CAC Newsletter English 2023 SELPA1 CAC Newsletter ESPAÑOL Here is a list of resources compiled by CAC that may be helpful to parents. April ASD Acceptance month On March 28, 2023 the Palo Alto CAC made the following statement to the board on this organization’s role in the community. CAC statement at BOE […]

Important News from the 3/26/19 Board Meeting regarding reorganization of Special Ed The Superintendent of schools informed the public on Tuesday night of a reorganization for Special Education. Elementary Special Education Director (Alma Ellis) will report to Elementary Chief Academic Officer (Anne Brown, Assistant Superintendent). A Secondary Special Education Director will be hired to report […]

13 th Annual Sweetheart Awards DATE: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 LOCATION: Nixon Elementary School Theatre (1711 Stanford Ave.) TIME: Refreshments at 6:00 pm CEREMONY begins at 6:15 pm Join us to celebrate the special people in our community that go the extra mile to make a positive difference in the lives of children with special […]

Revised the District Goals 2016-2017 including new Goal #8: “Develop a systems based work plan to address recommendations in forthcoming Special Education Program Review Report” Intermediate Outcomes (results of the work we do that will be evident in the next 6 to 12 months): “Increase in accommodations to students without or prior to 504 or […]

On September 20, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released new guidance focused on helping states and districts support the development and implementation of Individualized Education Programs (IEP) as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for students with disabilities. It focuses on the most […]