-
@angelaswartz
Twitter -
Angela Swartz
LinkedIn
About Angela
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
M-A stages 'The Man Who Came to Dinner'
"The Man Who Came to Dinner," a Broadway comedy about a radio personality who recuperates in a small town in Ohio after a fall, will be presented at Menlo-Atherton High School during the weekends of March 15-17 and March 22-24.[Friday, March 15, 2019]
Artist raising funds for Selby Lane School mural project
Bright colors and whimsical imagery will soon fill a 175-foot-long, 10-foot-high “dull concrete wall” at Selby Lane School in Atherton with the help of local artist Florence de Bretagne.[Friday, March 8, 2019]
PV school board member resigns
Portola Valley School District board trustee Michael Maffia resigned from the board on Wednesday (March 6), effective immediately.[Thursday, March 7, 2019]
MPCSD preschool is expanding in next school year
A new preschool in the Menlo Park City School District will expand during the 2019-20 school year, Superintendent Erik Burmeister told the district's school board at a Feb. 12 meeting.[Monday, March 11, 2019]
Laurel School's Creighton recognized out of field of 300 schools' principals
Laurel School Principal Linda Creighton has been honored by the Association of California School Administrators as recipient of the organization's regional Elementary Principal of the Year award.[Thursday, March 7, 2019]
Construction rolls on for new magnet high school
Construction is well underway for a new Menlo Park magnet high school scheduled to open at the beginning of next school year. A part of the Sequoia Union High School District, TIDE Academy, is located on a 2-acre site in a light-industrial area east of U.S. 101.[Tuesday, March 5, 2019]
Bids come in below cost estimate for civic center project
Three out of four bids for the construction of a long-awaited new civic center in Atherton have come in below the estimated project cost of $48 million, according to a Feb. 27 town email.[Saturday, March 2, 2019]
Oak Knoll School's unique multi-age classroom program emphasizes individual learning
Doors remain open between classrooms at Oak Knoll School in Menlo Park as kids -- a mix of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders -- watch their student-produced morning news broadcast.[Saturday, March 2, 2019]
Local leaders, teachers gather for workforce housing town hall
About 70 people gathered at Sequoia High School in Redwood City earlier this month to discuss possible solutions to a crisis that's plaguing educators in San Mateo County: the scarcity of affordable places to live in the communities in which they work.[Wednesday, February 27, 2019]
Atherton forms subcommittee to examine town's rail service levels
The Atherton City Council will leave it to a subcommittee to come up with a recommendation on Caltrain service in town.[Thursday, February 28, 2019]