Zoe Morgan
Staff Writer, Palo Alto Weekly / PaloAltoOnline.com and Mountain View Voice
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About Zoe
Zoe Morgan joined the Palo Alto Weekly and Mountain View Voice in 2021. She covers education, youth and families, with a focus on using data to tell compelling stories. She previously worked as an education reporter at the Los Altos Town Crier.A Mountain View native, Zoe received a dual degree from American University in journalism and public affairs, with a minor in data science. After graduating, she worked at the Grants Pass Daily Courier in Oregon, covering local schools, before returning to California in 2019.
Stories by Zoe
Weather, inflation impact high school construction, but progress continues
Inflation and recent inclement weather have posed challenges for projects at Mountain View and Los Altos high schools, but the district still believes it's on course to have the funds necessary to complete the planned building work.[Tuesday, January 24, 2023]
New trees, revamped play areas could transform Vargas Elementary, Mountain View's smallest public school campus
After removing nine big pine trees from Vargas Elementary, there's now a wide-reaching plan to add dozens of trees and reimagine outdoor play areas to incorporate natural elements at the Mountain View Whisman district's newest school.[Monday, January 16, 2023]
New president named at Foothill College, Kristina Whalen to start March 31
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District's board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to select Kristina Whalen to lead Foothill. She will come to Foothill from Livermore's Las Positas College.[Thursday, January 12, 2023]
Three Mountain View elementary schools earn state 'Distinguished School' award
Amy Imai, Stevenson and Bubb elementary schools were among 356 schools selected statewide based on student performance data.[Wednesday, January 11, 2023]
MVLA board considers how to add ethnic studies to graduation requirements
The Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District board faced the complexity involved in changing its graduation requirements at meeting this week, as they move ahead with plans to add an ethnic studies requirement this fall.[Wednesday, January 11, 2023]
Connecting students with caring adults, Mentor Tutor Connection makes an impact
Los Altos-based nonprofit Mentor Tutor Connection provides hundreds of local students with mentors and tutoring each year, helping to ensure that they have caring adults invested in their future.[Sunday, January 8, 2023]
As storm hits Mountain View, flooding and downed power lines are reported
As a deluge of wind and rain hit Mountain View and surrounding communities on Wednesday evening, flooding, downed power lines, outages and other disruptions were being reported.[Wednesday, January 4, 2023]
Mountain View Whisman school board runs into disagreements over electing its leaders
It wasn't picking who will lead the school board that caused controversy, but rather deciding who will be second in command, revealing internal tensions on the board and disagreements over how leadership should be selected.[Thursday, January 5, 2023]
No one injured after car crashes into downtown Mountain View post office
A car crashed into the downtown Mountain View post office at 211 Hope St. on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 17, but nobody was injured, according to police.[Saturday, December 17, 2022]
MVLA picks Faillace as president, swears in new members
The high school district's board elected a new president on Thursday night, but it's far from his first time in the position. Phil Faillace has put in more than 25 years on the Mountain View Los Altos board.[Saturday, December 17, 2022]