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Teachers, Families Adjust to New Full-Day Kindergartenpage 16 Spectrum 14 Theater 20 Eating out 21 Shop Talk 22 Movies 23 Puzzles 44 Palo Vol. XXXVIII, Number 19 Q February 10, 2017 Alto Students plan a sit-in over privacy, technology Page 5 www.PaloAltoOnline.comwww.PaloAltoOnline.com Teachers, families adjust to new full-day kindergartenpage 16 Spectrum 14 Theater 20 Eating Out 21 Shop Talk 22 Movies 23 Puzzles 44 Q Arts Dance group has plenty of talent on tap Page 19 Q Home Prune now for bountiful harvest later Page 25 Q Sports Celebrating 1,000 basketball victories Page 46 Happy Heart Month FROM STANFORD HEALTH CARE Come Get Heart Smart! February is American Heart Month and Stanford Health Care Saturday, encourages you to take charge of your health and learn more about February 18 leading a heart-healthy lifestyle. Join us for a free community event 8:30am – 12:00pm where Stanford Medicine experts will discuss the latest in preventing heart disease, common risk factors and options for treatment. Crowne Plaza Palo Alto TOPICS INCLUDE 4290 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 • Heart Disease Prevention • Atrial Fibrillation • Vein and Vascular Treatments • Minimally Invasive Treatment Options • Audience Q&A SAVE YOUR SEAT Please register at stanfordhealthcare.org/events or by calling 650.736.6555. Seating is limited. Page 2 • February 10, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Palo Alto Median Prices - 2016 Coldwell Banker Previews International Ready to take the Next Step? Set an Appointment with Jackie and Richard Schoelerman Group [email protected] www.schoelerman.com 650-855-9700 BRE #01092400 BRE #01413607 www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • February 10, 2017 • Page 3 ROUNDABOUT A roundabout is a one-way circular intersection HQJLQHHUHGWRPD[LPL]HVDIHW\UHGXFHWUDIƓF FRQJHVWLRQDQGPRGHUDWHWUDIƓFŴRZ5RXQGDERXWV reduce vehicle pollution because drivers are not LGOLQJDWDUHGOLJKW 7RVDIHO\DQGHIƓFLHQWO\QDYLJDWHDURXQGDERXW 1 6ORZGRZQ¬<LHOGWR 2 (QWHUWKHFLUFOHE\ 33 ([LWWKHURXQGDERXW¬WR FLUFXODWLQJWUDIILF EHDULQJULJKW7DNH \RXUGHVLJQDWHGODQH LQFOXGLQJSHGHVWULDQV WKHODQHLI\RXDUHRQ :DWFKIRUSHGHVWULDQV DQGELF\FOLVWV DELF\FOH¬,I\RXDUH FURVVLQJ\RXUSDWK DSHGHVWULDQFURVV 8VHDWXUQVLJQDO RQO\DWDGHVLJQDWHG FURVVZDON1HYHU FURVVWRWKHFHQWHU RIWKHURXQGDERXW YIELD 'ULYLQJLQFLUFOHVFDQEHDJRRGWKLQJ LILWPHDQV\RXJHWZKHUH\RXZDQW WRPRUHVDIHO\DQGTXLFNO\ Visit us at www.cityofpaloalto.org/bike Page 4 • February 10, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Divisive downtown project wins approval Council gives green light to four-story seeking the green light since June buildings. And for the council, Cory Wolbach — agreed. Filseth and building at 429 University Ave. 2014, the design the council ap- which had rebuffed Wong on two Wolbach argued that the building proved by a 5-3 vote late Monday prior occasions, the latest iteration complies with the city’s zoning code. by Gennady Sheyner night was the worst of the three was barely good enough to eke out “Do I love the building? No. options on the table — so inferior an unenthusiastic approval. But the law is the law, and the law t took three years, 14 public hear- celebration. After the long and that her attorney maintained that “This has been a long road doesn’t say, ‘You must love the ings, four different architects and contentious hearing on the deeply it isn’t an option at all. For Mi- for the community,” said Mayor building,’” Wolbach said. Ia threatened lawsuit for Elizabeth divisive project, the applicants, chael Harbour, a Kipling Street Greg Scharff, who made a motion Filseth acknowledged that Wong to win the City Council’s ap- their critics and the council all property owner who led the op- to approve the project. “It’s been Wong has property rights that proval to build a four-story building agreed that the project at 429 Uni- position to the project, the mod- a long road for the appellant. It’s must be respected. in downtown Palo Alto. versity Ave. falls short of what they ernist building is far too massive time to put the issue behind us.” The 28,547-square-foot building But when she finally did so on would have liked to see at the site. and incompatible with the narrow Four of his colleagues — Eric Fils- Monday night, there was little For Wong, who has been street dominated by Victorian eth, Adrian Fine, Greg Tanaka and (continued on page 8) EDUCATION Monitoring software sparks concern, relief School-issued Chromebooks to include way for parents to track child’s online habits by Elena Kadvany arents of sophomores and ju- offers is rare, school district Chief niors at Gunn and Palo Alto Technology Officer Derek Moore Phigh schools and seventh- told the Weekly. In fact, Securly is graders at Jordan Middle School the only company that offers it to Gennady Sheyner will soon have the ability to track parents rather than to school dis- their children’s activity on district- tricts, Moore said. Securly does not issued Chromebook laptops. have access to students’ personal A new filtering and monitoring information, he added. software, Securly, was recently The cost of the new software is installed on the Chromebooks, $11,560, according to the district. A call to build community which students have been taking The mother of two Jordan sev- In his “State of the City” address at HanaHaus in downtown Palo Alto on Feb. 8, Mayor Greg home for both schoolwork and enth-graders, who requested to Scharff gave his vision for the city: one of unity, civility and more housing. Read about his speech personal use since last fall. remain anonymous, said one of at tinyurl.com/PAStateofCity2017 The district adopted the new her children went on a two-week software in response to parent con- “YouTube binge” after getting his cerns, according to district staff. Chromebook. He would tell his In particular, parents of middle parents he was doing homework LAND USE school students told the Weekly but would be multitasking with the district rolled out the take- multiple websites open, she said. home option without fully under- “I thought, ‘Maybe it’s good, be- standing the impact that unfettered cause they’re learning how to handle Condominiums eyed for vacant access to technology can have on this while they’re young and bing- 12- and 13-year-olds and how their ing now rather than later,’” she said. El Camino Real site parents might want a way to limit “But they’re playing outside less and at-home computer use. doing more surfing the web. There’s Palo Alto officials to preview proposal for up to 21 units on El Camino Real But for older students worried shopping, there’s sports, there’s so- about their privacy and secu- cial media, potentially.” by Gennady Sheyner rity, the new software is cause Previously, her sons had limit- for concern — concerns Gunn ed, timed access to a family iMac n a city often described as Now, she is hoping for a better The council’s meeting is a pre- and Paly students said have been and iPad. With the Chromebooks “built out,” one parcel along outcome. On Monday, the City screening, which means that no compounded by a lack of clear at home, she and her husband have IEl Camino Real stands out Council will consider the latest formal decisions will be made communication with them about had to act like the police, she said. precisely for what isn’t there. proposal to rezone the property on the proposal. It will, howev- Securly’s main features. “They just turned it on suddenly,” Located in south Palo Alto, just from R-15, which allows 15 resi- er, give the council members a Securly, a cloud-based security she said. “We weren’t ready to cope.” north of Maybell Avenue and the dential units per acre, to R-30, chance to indicate whether they company in San Jose, offers web Similarly, Deborah Bennett said junction of El Camino Real and which allows 30. If the council believe the site is ripe for hous- filtering for K-12 school districts conflict over her son’s Chromebook El Camino Way, the property at approves the rezoning proposal, ing and, if so, how many units it as well as an optional “parent por- led to a “physical tug of war,” as she 4146 El Camino Real has been a site that in recent years housed should contain. Given the coun- tal” that allows parents to custom- and her husband had to take it away vacant for 20 years, ever since only a billboard would accom- cil’s recent adoption of “housing” ize what their children can and from him when they thought he a single-family home on it was modate 21 condominiums. The as one of its five 2017 priorities can’t view on school-owned devic- was overusing it. The Chromebook demolished. Su Juan, who owns new zoning designation would and the shifting political balance es and to monitor their children’s complicated careful restrictions the property, has made several also raise the height limit for the toward city growth, architect Ken use, including on social media, they had put in place for his at-home attempts since then to redevelop development from 30 feet to 35 Hayes should expect newfound via a dashboard. Parents can also computer use, including password the land. In 2011, she applied to feet and decrease the open space interest among policymakers for choose to receive weekly email re- protection on the computer so he have the site rezoned, though the the builder would be required to ports on their child’s activity. proposal never advanced. provide. (continued on page 7) The parental control that Securly (continued on page 7) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • February 10, 2017 • Page 5 Healthy Teeth and Gums Upfront That Last a Lifetime! 450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK • New Patients Welcome! (650) 326-8210 • Free Consultations and PUBLISHER Second Opinions William S.
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