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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
Community Briefs: New adult education director, a housing survey and spots on the county's youth board
This week in community briefs, the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District has picked a new director of its Adult School, the city has a housing survey posted and applications are open for the county's youth board.
[Thursday, December 23, 2021]

Stanford moves classes online for 2 weeks in January amid fears of omicron transmission
Classes at Stanford University will move online for the first two weeks after winter break and students will be required to receive a COVID-19 booster shot by the end of January, the university announced on Thursday.
[Friday, December 17, 2021]

Los Altos School District board elects Steve Taglio as president, Jessica Speiser as vice president
The Los Altos School District Board of Trustees unanimously elected Steve Taglio as its new president at a Monday, Dec. 13, meeting. Taglio replaces Vaishali Sirkay, who led the board over the past 12 months.
[Wednesday, December 15, 2021]

Patrick Ahrens picked as Foothill-De Anza's board president, Laura Casas as vice president
The community college district's board of trustees elected Patrick Ahrens as its new president and Laura Casas as vice president on Monday. Ahrens replaces Peter Landsberger as the board's leader.
[Wednesday, December 15, 2021]

Foothill-De Anza narrows down election map options
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District board of trustees has whittled its options for how to divide the district into areas for trustee elections, advancing two draft maps on Monday.
[Tuesday, December 14, 2021]

School district looks to community for Monta Loma open space design
After receiving heated criticism about putting up security fences around Monta Loma Elementary School, the Mountain View Whisman School District has now scheduled a slew of meetings to get public input on how to redesign the campus.
[Monday, December 13, 2021]

Laura Blakely elected Mountain View Whisman board president
The Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted at a Dec. 9 meeting to elect Laura Blakely as its new president, replacing Devon Conley.
[Friday, December 10, 2021]

Community briefs: Homeless housing grant, student coding event and sending letters to Santa
This week in community briefs, the city got a $5 million grant to support LifeMoves Mountain View, over 80 students participated in a coding event at Monta Loma and Friday is the deadline for Mountain View's letters to Santa program.
[Friday, December 10, 2021]

Foothill-De Anza district publishes proposed election maps ahead of hearing
Two years ago, the community college district faced a lawsuit claiming racially polarized voting in its districtwide elections. Now, maps proposing to split the district into five areas are ready for review.
[Thursday, December 9, 2021]

Mountain View police search for man who inappropriately touched student walking to school
Mountain View police are looking for a suspect who is accused of inappropriately touching a child as she walked to school on Wednesday, Dec. 8, and attempting to lure her to his apartment.
[Thursday, December 9, 2021]