Five local candidates are running for the Palo Alto Unified School District’s Board of Education in the 2024 election, competing for three open seats up for grabs in November.

A nonprofit school founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, is closing. The Primary School in East Palo Alto opened in 2016 to provide free education to families in the area.

A private school in East Palo Alto serving low-income students is closing its doors at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. The Primary School, founded in 2016 by Dr. Priscilla Chan, Mark ...