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Application deadline: January 5, 2018 A contribution to this fund allows your donation to be tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Page 4 • November 24, 2017 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis New system tracks sexual misconduct, discrimination Palo Alto Unified interim Title IX officer reflects community uproar this spring over the schools,” he said in a recent handled the Paly case, in which on progress achieved, to be made how the district handled a Palo interview with the Weekly, shortly a male junior reportedly forced a Alto High School sexual-assault after exiting the role. “I think that female freshman to perform oral by Elena Kadvany case are evidence of progress on the whole district is responding to sex in a campus bathroom. A law new system for reporting during a game of tag, for example issues that have been entrenched that reality. I also think that the firm later found that both district and tracking reports of dis- — to potential sex crimes. No for years, said John DiPaolo, the response is at this point genuine and Paly administrators failed to A crimination, harassment matter the nature of the offense, district’s interim Title IX compli- and very meaningful.” comply with state and federal law, and bullying is providing these cases logged in this system are ance officer. But there is still much DiPaolo, an education attorney as well as district policy. The case issues higher visibility across the being formally investigated and work to be done, he said, particu- and Obama administration ap- revealed persistent gaps in how Palo Alto school district. It’s cap- monitored by the district’s Title larly around sexual violence. pointee who worked in the U.S. the district responds to not only turing everything from the benign IX compliance officer. “I think that everyone agrees Department of Education for six sexual harassment but other forms — an elementary school student This system and other chang- there’s too much sexual miscon- years, was hired in response to slapping another student’s bottom es put in place in the wake of duct (and) sexual harassment in concerns over how the district (continued on page 8) CITY HALL East Palo Alto mayor lauds ‘city on the move’ State of the City address highlights development, safety, housing and infrastructure achievements by Sue Dremann elebrating East Palo Al- performing arts center, had been to’s transformation on on hold until recently, after the Veronica Weber CMonday night, Nov. 20, city ran out of water allocations to Mayor Larry Moody pointed to support expansion. But a $5 mil- the city’s achievements this year, lion deal worked out with the City which he said have kicked open of Mountain View has transferred the door to a new progressive era 1 million gallons of water per day Kathleen Hughes, founder of Ada’s Café, left center, Charlie Hughes, center, and Todd Cerf, right, in the once-troubled city. in water rights, which East Palo serve a customer at the Mitchell Park cafe on Nov. 21. “We are no longer the ‘90s,” Alto secured in perpetuity. Moody said during his State of “The water transfer is the first the City address at the Four Sea- of its kind” for the Bay Area Wa- HOLIDAY FUND sons Hotel.