The school district’s 2016-17 budget includes an anticipated $5.7 million from Partners in Education, or 2.6 percent of the overall budget. PiE donations make up 60 to 77 percent of the ...

Like many couples with young children, Dana Tom and Nancy Kawakita moved to Palo Alto mainly because of its reputation for good schools. That was 15 years ago. Before long Tom, a software engineer ...