The S.O.S. went out from the Palo Alto Unified School District and parents answered the call Wednesday.
PALO ALTO, Calif.That's why Superintendent Don Austin issued a plea for parent volunteers over the weekend. More than 750 have signed up."It went pretty good. Easier than I thought. My first time manning the lunch line. It was something new," said Wei Mao, who volunteered at J.L. Stanford Middle School where her twin sons attend.
We saw volunteers handing out sports equipment, helping with lunch, and wiping down tables and chairs; jobs that school employees are stretched too thin now to do." "Without this, I can't look into the camera and say we are going to be open tomorrow. And with this, I can," said Austin.
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