Founded in 2016 by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the tuition-free private school serves students from predominantly low-income communities in East Palo Alto and neighboring Menlo Park.

A private school in East Palo Alto serving low-income students is closing its doors at the end of the 2025-2026 school year. The Primary School, founded in 2016 by Dr. Priscilla Chan, Mark ...

Preschoolers Genesis Arteaga Callejas, center, and Anna Herrera Saldana, right, play on the seesaw during recess at The Primary School in East Palo Alto. File photo by Veronica Weber. The Chan ...

The Primary School in East Palo Alto opened in 2016 to provide free education to families in the area. It was funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In addition to providing kids from low ...

Laura Nunez, an East Palo Alto Academy math teacher, had just given birth to her daughter when she found out she had ...

The Primary School, with locations in East Palo Alto and the East Bay, sought to offer an education to low-income communities that included supportive services for the whole family, integrating health ...

“He was never going to leave East Palo Alto.” In addition to CoolKids, was a substitute teacher at the Primary School in East Palo Alto. He also led a program at Peninsula Bridge, a nonprofit ...

The Primary School in East Palo Alto will shut its doors at the end of next school year, according to an announcement posted Monday on the school’s website. Founded in 2016 by the Chan ...