Priscilla Chan, left, and Mark Zuckerberg at an event in 2019.

A Peninsula school district is bracing for an “urgent, unexpected challenge” tied to the impending closure of a private, tuition-free school founded by Priscilla Chan, the wife of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The Primary School, located in East Palo Alto, is slated to close in June 2026. Students are expected to transfer to the Ravenswood City School District, creating a potential enrollment overload, according to the district. 

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The Palo Alto school, which enrolls students in preschool through sixth grade, has more than 400 students who will be displaced after the closure. 

Now, the school board is proposing a bond measure on San Mateo County’s June ballot to help deal with the 20% jump in enrollment after the Primary School closes. 

According to the ballot argument, the district’s current buildings won’t be able to hold all the new students.

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“Hundreds of students will be forced into aging, deteriorating ‘temporary’ portables that are decades past their useful life. These deficient spaces lack effective ventilation,........

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