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Angela Swartz joined The Almanac in 2018. She reports on youth and education, and the towns of Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside. Angela, who grew up in San Mateo, previously reported for the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Mateo Daily Journal. She holds a master's degree in investigative reporting from American University. She interned at The Washington Post while completing her master's. She also holds a bachelor's degree in U.S. history and Spanish from University of California, Davis.Stories by Angela
Atherton City Council to explore development tax
A possible construction and development tax will be discussed during the Atherton City Council's Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4, meeting. Such a tax could have generated from about $800,000 to $2.5 million in past years, staff reports.[Wednesday, December 4, 2019]
Menlo Park district assistant to superintendent resigns
Menlo Park City School District Superintendent Erik Burmeister's executive assistant left the district last week to take a position in the East Bay working for a former top leader in the district.[Tuesday, December 10, 2019]
Esther Litton celebrates 100th birthday, enthusiastically
To celebrate a century of life, about 50 friends and relatives of former Portola Valley resident Esther Litton gathered at Parkside Grille last month for a birthday party.[Saturday, November 30, 2019]
Atherton police provide update on crime, license plate readers
About 80 people gathered in Atherton's Holbrook-Palmer Park Pavilion on Nov. 18 to hear updates on crime and safety as what police call "burglary season" approaches.[Wednesday, November 27, 2019]
Portola Valley School District parcel tax renewal on March ballot
The Portola Valley School District board passed a resolution on Nov. 20 to put renewal of the parcel tax on the March ballot, according to Superintendent Roberta Zarea.[Thursday, November 28, 2019]
Portola Valley district approves teacher pay increases
Portola Valley School District teachers and other certificated staff are getting pay hikes, including the potential for a bonus and a boost to overtime pay, as part of a new three-year contract approved by the school board.[Wednesday, November 27, 2019]
U.S. soccer player and Menlo Park native revisits her elementary school
"Hometown hero" and U.S. women's soccer team player Tierna Davidson, 21, visited Oak Knoll School in Menlo Park this morning (Nov. 22), where students, teachers and administrators celebrated her success.[Friday, November 22, 2019]
Atherton tops most expensive real estate list
For the third year in a row, Atherton has landed at the top of a list for most expensive residential real estate in the country, according to PropertyShark.[Thursday, November 21, 2019]
Portola Valley school district shares new classroom designs
Parents, community members and administrators gathered at Ormondale School last month to view mock-ups of schematic design plans for changes to the Portola Valley School District's two schools.[Monday, December 2, 2019]
Teachers awarded Jeanie Ritchie Grants for innovative projects
Teaching mindfulness, learning as if in a one-room schoolhouse and tracking if more active students earn higher grades are just a few of the 26 projects that earned grant funding from the Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation.[Friday, November 22, 2019]