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==Education== [[File:San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto.jpg|thumb|San Francisquito Creek (2018) in East Palo Alto]] [[File:East Palo Alto Bay Trail at Sunset, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.jpg|thumb|Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in East Palo Alto]] ===Primary and secondary schools=== The [[Ravenswood City School District]] has its headquarters in East Palo Alto.<ref>"[http://www.ravenswood.k12.ca.us/ Welcome to the Ravenswood City School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903081541/http://www.ravenswood.k12.ca.us/ |date=2009-09-03 }}." [[Ravenswood City School District]]. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref> The schools in the city are Costaño School of the Arts,<ref>"[http://costano.ravenswoodschools.org/ Costaño Elementary]." [[Ravenswood City School District]]. Retrieved on September 11, 2020.</ref> Belle Haven Elementary,<ref>"[http://bellehaven.ravenswoodschools.org/ Belle Haven Community School]." [[Ravenswood City School District]]. Retrieved on September 11, 2020.</ref> Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy,<ref>"[http://losrobles.ravenswoodschools.org/ Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy]." [[Ravenswood City School District]]. Retrieved on September 11, 2020.</ref> and Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School.<ref>"[http://ravenswoodms.ravenswoodschools.org/ Ravenswood Middle School]." [[Ravenswood City School District]]. Retrieved on September 11, 2020.</ref> The [[Sequoia Union High School District]] operates the zoned high schools in the area. Between 1958 and 1976 East Palo Alto had its own high school, [[Ravenswood High School (East Palo Alto)|Ravenswood High School]]. After the school was closed because of low enrollment, the building was demolished in 1995 to make room for the Gateway 101 Shopping Center.<ref>{{cite news |first=Don |last=Kazak |url=http://sequoiaalumni.net/schools/ravenswood/rwhs_story.html |title=East Palo Alto marks start of a new era |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Weekly]] |via=Sequoia District Alumni |date=June 16, 1995 }}</ref> Following the closure of Ravenswood High School, East Palo Alto's high school students were bused out of the city to other schools in the region, primarily [[Carlmont High School]] in [[Belmont, California|Belmont]]. Some have called for re-opening Ravenswood High School in a new location in East Palo Alto.<ref>"http://ravenswood.sequoiaalumni.net/" [[Ravenswood High School (East Palo Alto)|Ravenswood High School]]</ref><ref>"[http://www.sequoiadistrict.org/20441082420253347/site/default.asp Boundary Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506174955/http://www.sequoiadistrict.org/20441082420253347/site/default.asp |date=2010-05-06 }}." [[Sequoia Union High School District]]. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref> In 2014, the Sequoia Union High School District discontinued the practice of busing. Today, East Palo Alto residents are zoned to [[Menlo-Atherton High School]] in [[Atherton, California|Atherton]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seq.org/About-Us/Departments/Administrative-Services/Boundary-Search/index.html |title=Sequoia Union High School District - Boundary Search |access-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901014641/http://www.seq.org/About-Us/Departments/Administrative-Services/Boundary-Search/index.html |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Through the district Open Enrollment process, some residents choose to attend Carlmont, [[Woodside High School (Woodside, California)|Woodside High School]] in [[Woodside, California|Woodside]], or [[Sequoia High School (Redwood City, California)|Sequoia High School]] in [[Redwood City]]. Alternatively, [[East Palo Alto Academy]] (opened in 2001 as East Palo Alto High School)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epaahs.org/About/index.html|title=East Palo Alto Academy - About|website=www.epaahs.org}}</ref> and [[East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy]] (opened 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epapa.org/|title=EPACS & EPAPA|website=EPACS & EPAPA}}</ref> are [[charter school|charter]] high schools in East Palo Alto. There is also a private high school, [[Eastside College Preparatory]], which opened in 1996.<ref name=anniversary>{{cite news |first=Jeanne |last=Aufmuth |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2003/2003_09_05.fest5.html |title=The little city that could |website=Palo Alto Online |date=September 5, 2003 }}</ref> Every year, parents of incoming minority children in kindergarten through grade 2 can enter a lottery (if there are more requests than the 135 slots available) to send their children to neighboring school districts under the [[Tinsley Voluntary Transfer Program]]. ===Public libraries=== [[San Mateo County Libraries]] operates the East Palo Alto Library, located in the municipal building at 2415 University Avenue.<ref>"[https://smcl.org/]." [[San Mateo County Libraries]]. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref>
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