The Gunn High Titans athletic department recently hired an internationally-known German cross country skier, Denise Herrmann, to help narrow the gap between them and the cross-town Vikings. In addition to the current 20 sports, Gunn will be adding cross country skiing and biathlon to the lineup.
Palo Alto Sport and Toy (managed by former Oracle cartoonist Eric Hager) will offer a barely legal sweetheart deal to connect the school with some of the leading manufacturers of off-snow ski-gear (essentially, roller blades). “Barely legal” in this case means a good deal but not breaking any laws or rules, something we in South Palo Alto try to do on general principal.
Ms. Herrmann is a hottie, especially if you have a weakness (in a platonic and professional sense) for athletic, Germanic types.
In a related development, the school tried to woo Sue Sylvester for some type of leadership role, but alas, no glee in Titan-ville on that front. (trying to fill void apropos of Katy Villalobos traded to Paly for a set of glass pumpkins.
THE STREAK
In South Palo Alto, that refers to the seven years that Gunn boys won CCS tennis and 200 straight matches. (And what made you picture blonde woman wearing nothing but fake Indian headdresses? speaking of barely legal). Menlo, I hear tell, is closing in on Gunn’s legacy. Hah-hah, made you look.
Herr is Frau Herrmann:
New Gunn hire, from out of the area, Ms. Denise Herrmann
edit to add: School Board names former Packer Great Max McGee to lead PAUSD
Posted by Mark Weiss, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
5 minutes ago
Is it a coincidence that the school board hires a principal who shares a name with an World Cup Nordic skier then a Supe who shares a name — even given ironically — with a Super Bowl hero?
I would have thought we could have found somebody good in one of the 22 contiguous western states…what about Phil Tucher?
Plastic Alto with Mark Weiss 