On this week's webcast, "Behind the Headlines," four Palo Alto and Gunn high school students join education reporter Elena Kadvany to talk about their experiences with issues like student voice, engagement and mental health. The student-guests were Emma Cole, Paly's 2015-16 school-board representative; Grace Park, Gunn's 2015-16 school-board representative; David Tayeri, Paly's 2016-17 representative; and Ankit Ranjan, Gunn's 2016-17 representative.
Watch this week's webcast here.
Webcasts are posted every Friday afternoon on PaloAltoOnline.com, as well as on Palo Alto Online's YouTube channel, youtube.com/paweekly.
Check out previous weeks' episodes:
• Behind The Headlines: DA's fatal police shooting report & Cash flows into the Assembly race
• Behind the Headlines: Teacher Compensation in Palo Alto
• Behind The Headlines: To the rescue -- Disaster volunteers prepare
• Behind The Headlines: Size Matters -- Student-to-teacher ratios in Palo Alto
• Behind the Headlines: Transportation: problems and solutions
• Behind the Headlines: Taxi struggles and Eichler disputes
• Behind The Headlines: Palo Alto considers full-day kindergarten
• Behind The Headlines: State Assembly District 24 -- A look at the candidates
• Behind The Headlines: College Terrace challenge Stanford toxic study
• Behind the Headlines: Inside the Brock Turner case
• Behind the Headlines: Tackling Palo Alto's housing and traffic problems
• Behind the Headlines: Dr. Steven Adelsheim on youth mental health
• Behind the Headlines: Renaming movement, Addison Donation, Office Cap
• Behind the Headlines: "State of the City" with Mayor Pat Burt
• Behind the Headlines: Bridging the gap - Understanding Palo Alto's Chinese community
• Behind the Headlines: Growing up Undocumented
• Behind the Headlines: Talking Sustainability with Gil Friend
• Behind the Headlines: Secondary dwelling units, New school proposal
• Behind the Headlines: Stanford University and Sexual Assault, Prepping for the Super Bowl
• Behind the Headlines: Development at Stanford Research Park; police and the mentally ill
• Behind the Headlines: Divisive mayoral election; fatal police shooting
• Behind the Headlines: The year's best and worst movies
• Behind the Headlines: 2015 Year in Review
• Behind the Headlines: Inside Palo Alto's Emergency Center
• Behind the Headlines: Undisclosed new-school proposal; groundwater pumping
• Behind the Headlines: Buena Vista owner sues City; New plans for public-safety center
• Behind the Headlines: Palo Alto Fire Department changes
• Behind the Headlines: Midtown bicycle paths; Transgender youth
• Behind the Headlines: New school proposed for Palo Alto
• Behind the Headlines: Tension within governing boards
• Behind the Headlines: Affordable housing; Transportation initiatives
• Behind the Headlines: Paly teacher investigation
• Behind the Headlines: Stanford students' activism against sexual assault
• Behind the Headlines: Preserving retail; capping office development
• Behind the Headlines: Transportation tax; Fiber to the Premise
• Behind the Headlines: Fall Arts Preview
• Behind the Headlines: Police conduct on campuses; new parkland
Comments
Los Altos
on Jun 4, 2016 at 1:09 pm
on Jun 4, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Thanks, Elena for this enlightening conversation. Your question about mental health led to some surprising comments. This video is a definite "must-see" for our community.
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Gunn High School
on Jun 4, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Registered user
on Jun 4, 2016 at 2:20 pm
Thank you to Ms. Kadvany, the Weekly, and these wonderful Gunn and Paly students--going above and beyond the call of duty in response to circumstances that cry out for understanding.
You're thoughtful and articulate--shedding light in our shared darkness.
Marc Vincenti
Gunn English dept. (1995-2010)
Campaign Coordinator
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Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 5, 2016 at 7:24 pm
on Jun 5, 2016 at 7:24 pm
Did anyone talk to students whose parents are from China? Were they even allowed to be interviewed, video'd? It seems a rather large minority of the suicides were children of Chinese immigrants.