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Career-focused high school programs, like the one at TIDE Academy in Menlo Park, are preparing students for college and the workforce, a San Mateo Civil Grand Jury report said. But there are roadblocks to widening access to them.
Seniors at TIDE Academy will be the first to graduate from the Menlo Park school, which opened in 2019.
The past year offered something of a return to normalcy at local schools. In 2021, students were back on campuses full time by the fall. High schools held in-person commencement ceremonies and some even held modified proms.
Local high schools from Menlo-Atherton to Los Altos offer pandemic-altered rites of passage for seniors Uploaded: Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 10:46 am Planning for modified proms, graduation parties and picnics is underway at some local high schools to ensure graduating seniors enjoy at least some of the usual rites of passage amid a pandemic that's stretched over a year. Seniors attending Menlo-Atherton High School's "Enchanted Forest" prom will have to go without high heels, as the masked outdoor event will take place on the Atherton school's soccer field. There won't be dancing at Los Altos High Sc...