Overview

• Palo Alto planning officials concluded that the home-based school enrolling 14 children violated zoning rules and confirmed it has been shut down.
• Zuckerberg’s spokesperson said the family will relocate the educational pod to a different site and asserted that all security and construction measures exceed local requirements.
• Permit records reveal roughly 56 approvals since 2016, enabling a gradual, piecemeal buildout after an initial compound proposal was rejected.
• Longtime neighbors report years of heavy construction, blocked driveways, empty properties in a tight market and ‘intense’ surveillance from cameras and private guards.
• Critics say high-value house purchases and municipal accommodations have fostered a private enclave featuring subterranean space and heightened security.