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Summer Class Guide Page 24 www.PaloAltoOnline.com 6°Ê888]Ê ÕLiÀÊÎÓÊUÊ>ÞÊ££]ÊÓä£ÓÊN xäZ Summer Class Guide Page 24 With voting districts redrawn, June’s primary election heats up page 28 Pulse 16 Spectrum 18 Eating Out 36 Movies 38 Home 45 Puzzles 70 NNews From art to lawn bowling: fee hikes proposed Page 3 NArts Bringing out gold in the foothills Page 33 NSports Senior swimmers take their fi nal bows Page 40 ')(% %%" %$" ! % * + " ! ! 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Lalo Perez, the city’s chief financial Perhaps the most dramatic, and The council’s Finance Commit- aced with skyrocketing pen- ter to balance the budget this year. officer. controversial proposal, in Keene’s tee considered on Tuesday night the sion and health care costs for The fee increases are included in The spiking expenditures are effort to curb costs is elimination budget for the Community Services F city workers and retirees, Palo City Manager James Keene’s budget casting a shadow over good news on of the city’s animal-services opera- Department and heard protests from Alto officials are considering rais- for fiscal year 2013, which begins the revenue front — namely, the fact tion, a move that finance officials more than a dozen residents, in- ing fees for athletes who play on July 1. They aim to close the budget that the city’s sales-tax and hotel-tax estimate will save about $500,000 cluding gardeners, artists and lawn local fields, gardeners who plant at gap caused by rapidly rising employ- revenues have essentially returned to annually. But while outsourcing bowlers. city parks and artists who rent stu- ee expenditures. Pension and health where they were before the economy animal services has generated much dios at Cubberley Community Cen- care costs have each risen by about tanked in 2008. But while Keene’s publicity and unleashed community (continued on page 8) EDUCATION School board positive on graduation criteria Vote to be held May 22 on plan to stiffen requirements while offering alternates by Chris Kenrick ith high hopes of mak- have helped me in college and in ing inroads against the life.” W “achievement gap,” Palo Skelly said whether students pur- Alto school board members Tues- sue the college-prep curriculum or day, May 8, declared their support negotiate alternative requirements, for boosting high school graduation the new system will force them to requirements to align with entrance have a conversation with school criteria for California’s public, four- officials and parents about produc- year universities. tive use of their high school years The proposal — which will add — something that’s currently not Veronica Weber Veronica requirements in foreign language, the case. math and lab science beginning The school board chamber was with the Class of 2016, today’s packed with school principals from eighth-graders — will not affect the every level, as well as high school vast majority of Palo Alto students, students and parents who voiced They’ve got the moves who already meet or surpass the support for the measure. Jordan Middle School students, from left, Griffin Carlson, Alex Gold, Eric Griswold, Cyrus Pishevar, new guidelines. Twin Paly seniors Al and Lucas Ryan Brown and Ariya Momeny show off their hip-hop moves while auditioning for the upcoming It is aimed at boosting expecta- Brooks told the board they are often “airband” competition at the school, which will take place during lunch on May 16. tions and support for the 20 percent the only African-Americans in their of students who graduate without advanced classes, their other black the four-year college-prep curricu- friends having been “laned down” ty of the parks also have deferred lum under their belts. years ago. OPEN SPACE maintenance needs of $1.3 billion The new rules also offer custom- “When I look for my black for water, wastewater and septic ized “alternative graduation require- friends, they’re in other classes,” systems. ments” for students who cannot or Lucas Brooks said. State Sen. Joe Simitian But cutting back on operating prefer not to pursue the standard “The only difference between my- funds is not the answer, Simitian route. The alternate path would be self and my friends is that I had two said in a May 8 teleconference designed by the student and parents Ph.D. parents and all their resources pushes to keep parks open with Evans. The proposal to close in consultation with school officials ... and they didn’t have that and were 70 parks was “fundamentally ill- and would have to meet California laned down to the bare minimum Nearby state parks in La Honda and Saratoga conceived, penny-wise and pound- graduation standards. requirements for graduation.” are on the shutdown list foolish, (and) irreversible,” he said. The plan is set for a final school Paly senior Tremaine Kirkman, a by Dave Boyce A closed park has higher risks for board vote May 22, but all five founder of the Student Equity Ac- criminal activity, wildfire and pos- members Tuesday indicated their tion Network, said the graduation ith a July 1 deadline loom- ing for several years to come. sible lawsuits over injuries. support, praising Superintendent proposal “is the right and practical ing over a budget-cutting The proposal would tap $10 mil- “It’s a false economy,” he said. Kevin Skelly for his multi-year work thing to do to help students maxi- W plan that would close some lion annually for five years from Parks also generate important on the topic. mize their futures.” 70 of the 270 state parks, two state a clean-water revolving loan fund revenue for local businesses. Of the In presenting his case for beefing Gunn parent Linda Lingg, who senators are proposing an alterna- and from a $500 million reserve for 70 parks, 20 are located in Evans’ up the requirements, Skelly’s voice last year expressed skepticism about tive that could keep about 50 of the motor-vehicle license-fee revenues, North Coast district, which includes cracked as he read a letter from a the proposal’s impact on special-ed- parks open. and up to $21 million every year in Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino and long-ago Palo Alto High School ucation students, said her concerns The budget proposal, co-authored perpetuity from a fund earmarked Napa counties. Two nearby parks graduate who said he’d always re- have been met with the latest pro- by Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) and for trail and off-highway-vehicle made the shutdown list: Portola gretted “taking the easy way out” posal on alternative requirements. Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) would purposes. Redwoods State Park in La Honda when at Paly. “Thank you for submitting a reallocate up to $41 million to cover State parks are in financial trou- and Castle Rock State Park just west “I did not choose wisely as my proposal confirming that our com- a $22 million shortfall in the state ble in part because they receive only of Saratoga in Santa Clara County. parents were not involved back munity values individuals who are Parks and Recreation Department’s about 20 percent of what they need “The state has never closed a state then,” the letter stated. “If I had pursuing an alternate path,” Lingg budget for the current and next fis- annually for road maintenance, the been forced to fulfill the language cal years and provide reliable fund- senators said in a statement. Twen- (continued on page 14) requirements back then it would (continued on page 15) ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>ÞÊ££]ÊÓä£ÓÊU Page 3 Upfront 450 CAMBRIDGE AVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK (650) 326-8210 ‘‘ PUBLISHER William S. Johnson EDITORIAL Jocelyn Dong, Editor Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Keith Peters, Sports Editor Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor When we talk about the need of saving for Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor Tom Gibboney, Spectrum Editor college or for a funeral, those are eye openers. Sue Dremann, Chris Kenrick, Gennady Sheyner, Staff Writers —Georgina Peraza, instructor for the Secure Eric Van Susteren, Editorial Assistant, Internship Future$ financial-literacy program, on teaching low- Coordinator income people to manage their money. See story on Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer page 5. Dale F. Bentson, Colin Becht, ‘‘ Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, Sheila Himmel, Chad Jones, Karla Kane, Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, Jeanie K. Smith, Susan Tavernetti, Contributors Junesung Lee, Bryce Druzin, Editorial Interns DESIGN Shannon Corey, Design Director Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, Scott Peterson, Around Town Paul Llewellyn, Senior Designers WHOSE SPACE IS IT ANYWAY? ... Lili Cao, Designer San Jose. But what’s good for bus Nature lovers who frequent the Palo riders may not be good for drivers. PRODUCTION Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Alto Baylands could soon see some In cities like Palo Alto, the VTA is pro- Dorothy Hassett, Samantha Mejia, Blanca Yoc, changes in the programs and tours posing allowing buses to stop in their Sales & Production Coordinators the city offers at the nature preserve.
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