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Vol. XXXV, Number 33 N May 23, 2014 PaloAltoOnline.com School board tours Illinois school with superintendent finalist Page 5 Are our schools ready when relationships turn violent? PAGE 18 Pulse 16 Transitions 17 Eating Out 27 Movies 29 Puzzles 50 NArts West Bay Opera perseveres through tough times Page 24 NHome Reaping the benefi ts of hands-on farming Page 32 NSports Record-breaking end to the prep swim season Page 52 FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENING &# !!!! !% ) %!"% # ' %!4 7 %$"!$! 7 % % 7 %! 7 # !%' %.,'-+,/ 24++6,,4.+ /0+#%' " # %'3/+1. ! 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On Thursday, though, he make education what you really taking students to the emergency by Elena Kadvany told the Weekly that he left to believe it ought to be?” room, he said. pursue his current position as The Princeton venture is “As some (IMSA) alumni will he finalist for the job of board members and other edu- head of school at the Princeton backed by a Chinese foundation, say: ‘You’ll love it; you’ll hate Palo Alto school district su- cation officials, including Palo International School of Math- and its student body has equal it; it’ll be 80 hours a week, but T perintendent, Glenn “Max” Alto education union leaders and ematics and Science, a small, numbers of Chinese and Ameri- it is your baby,’” he said, refer- McGee, led the Palo Alto Board parent volunteers, could learn private international boarding can students. McGee said the of- ring to those who have gone on of Education on a tour Thursday more about the man whom the school in Princeton, New Jersey, fer to head the school arose after to found notable Silicon Valley of the Illinois Mathematics and board has selected out of eight that opened in September. research projects he coordinated companies. Science Academy (IMSA) in Au- semi-finalists to potentially head “You don’t get the opportunity between IMSA students and stu- “And I’m very, very proud of rora, Illinois, where McGee was the district. to run a startup every day,” said dents and faculty in Beijing “got what we’ve done. Everybody has the president from 2007 to 2013. McGee no longer works at McGee, who is 63. “You get to some attention in China.” The trip was arranged so that IMSA; he left the prestigious hire all your own people; you get He’s built the school from the (continued on page 9) MILITARY SERVICE World War II veteran receives long overdue medals Palo Alto resident assisted by Rep. Anna Eshoo and staff by Sam Sciolla t a luncheon in Mountain on a process that she called “enor- à-Mousson in eastern France, View last November, U.S. mously complex.” This time, after when a bullet grazed his head, A Rep. Anna Eshoo overheard collecting his service number and knocking him unconscious. Gen- John Indergand talking about his other documentation, her staff eral Joseph L. Collins, the area’s service in World War II, mention- worked with the U.S. Department commanding officer, awarded ing how he had never received an of the Army and the Human Re- him and other patients there a Oak Leaf Cluster medal he was sources Command, Awards and Purple Heart. As his wound was promised after his second combat Decorations Branch, to obtain not severe, he rejoined his divi- injury. Later, Eshoo asked him the medals. sion only a few days later. about it and said that with some “It’s exciting to see the face and The battle at Pont-à-Mousson more information, she might be hear the words of the recipient,” against the German military — able to help. she told the Weekly. “It makes all whose skill and technology In- In February, Indergand and his the work worthwhile.” dergand never hesitated to com- wife, Litsie, were called into Es- Born in 1924, John Indergand pliment — was rough on the hoo’s Palo Alto office. There he was drafted for service in World Americans, which might explain was presented with a few wood- War II not long after graduating why few people hear about it to- en boxes, holding the Oak Leaf from Pasadena High School. He day, Indergand said. 6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ Cluster, a Purple Heart medal, a signed up for armored services, “The winning battles get cel- Bronze Star medal and a Combat and after training in Kentucky and ebrated a lot, and I approve of Infantry Badge. Now Indergand, Missouri, he landed with the 7th that, but sometimes they don’t tell 89, wears them proudly on his Armored Division in Normandy, us about some of the battles like tweed jacket. France, shortly after D-Day in Pont-à-Mousson,” he said. “Offi- World War II veteran John Indergand wears a jacket pinned Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, has assisted June 1944. He had just turned 20. cially in the first 25 years, I never with his Bronze Star medal, Combat Infantry Badge and Purple other veterans with similar inqui- His first combat injury oc- Heart with an attached Oak Leaf Cluster at his Palo Alto home. ries before, each time embarking curred in September 1944 at Pont- VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ£Ó® spandex, but all donning helmets expecting oncoming bikers. choices to cyclists. TRANSPORTATION — began at Piazza’s Fine Foods One solution to “dooring” is al- In March, the city approved on Charleston Road before cross- ready in the works, officials said. $2.2 million to start the planning ing through Cubberley Com- The city’s bike plan calls for in- of its numerous projects, which in- City hosts meeting on wheels munity Center and onto Nelson stallations of “sharrows,” symbols clude bike boulevards, “sharrows” Drive. Though several people that designate biking space on installations and multi-use trails. Bikers voice hopes, concerns for new bicycle boulevards enjoyed the tranquil ride through roads without bike lanes to pre- On May 14, Rodriguez updated the campus, others had concerns vent “dooring” from parked cars. the city’s Planning and Transporta- by Lena Pressesky about Cubberley’s activity on the The tour proceeded north on tion Commission on active bicycle ore than 50 Palo Alto the first outreach of its kind in not-so-quiet weekdays. Alma Street’s sidewalk to avoid projects, which are part of a master bikers hit the road Satur- Palo Alto, prompted by the city’s “I know it’s legal for children sharing the thoroughfare’s narrow plan the city approved in 2012 with M day morning on a tour of aim to implement 23 new bike to ride on the sidewalk, but they lanes with passing cars. Some resi- the goal of making Palo Alto one of the city’s south streets, stopping projects throughout the city. should know that cars aren’t look- dents felt safe up on the sidewalk, the nation’s top biking destinations. at points along the way to give “We’re not designing today,” ing for them there,” longtime Palo though one man said he didn’t think Rodriguez touched on the outreach feedback to city officials about Palo Alto’s Chief Transportation Alto resident Patricia Morris said. he would feel safe riding on Alma tours, saying that the bike-alongs the enjoyable, uncomfortable and Official and bike-along host Jai- Another woman agreed, citing even if a bike lane were put in. have had a diverse turnout with hazardous features of the routes. me Rodriguez told fellow cyclists. several times bikers on the Cub- “Alma is just one of a network” kids, parents and seniors alike. Saturday’s bike-along was “We’re just soliciting your input.” berley campus have been hit by car of bike paths, Rodriguez remind- “It’s been a great discussion,” one of a series of “meetings on The bikers — some in jeans doors as they were being opened ed residents, adding that the city’s wheels” with interested locals — and T-shirts, others in fluorescent by parked motorists who weren’t bike plan is geared toward giving VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ££® ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>ÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£{ÊU Page 5 Upfront 450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson (223-6505) EDITORIAL Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) Associate Editor Carol Blitzer (223-6511) Sports Editor Keith Peters (223-6516 Arts & Entertainment Editor I feel like the green lane is a Nick Veronin (223-6517) Express & Online Editor Elena Kadvany (223-6519) safe place.