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Leadership and ASB to Hold Student Elections

Leadership and ASB to Hold Student Elections

By James Finn Mar 18, 2015

Leadership announced plans to hold associated student body (ASB) elections on April 3, and elections for class officials after spring break. Elections for the position of ASB president (who possesses...

Participants in the 2015 Marin Teen Girl Conference pose for a photo after the event’s conclusion.                      Photo courtesy of: Linh Huynh

Marin Teen Girl Conference Held in San Rafael

By Holly Parkin Mar 18, 2015

The annual Marin Teen Girl Conference (MTGC) was held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Rafael on March 7. The conference, which has taken place each year since March 2011, seeks to provide learning and...

Kimbrel Requests New Contract in Highland Park be Canceled

Kimbrel Requests New Contract in Highland Park be Canceled

By Sarah Asch Mar 1, 2015

Superintendent Laurie Kimbrel announced to District 113 in Highland Park, Illinois, where she had signed a three-year contract, that she was officially requesting her new contract be canceled, according...

McCauley Confirms Tim Olrick Was Behind Tom Ohara Facebook Posts

McCauley Confirms Tim Olrick Was Behind “Tom Ohara” Facebook Posts

By Sarah Asch Mar 1, 2015

In an email sent to parents on February 26, Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees President Cindy McCauley confirmed the allegations that Superintendent Laurie Kimbrel’s husband, Tim...

A CGI image of the Good Earth store that will occupy the former Delanos IGA location in Tam Valley.

Good Earth Store to Open in Tam Valley

By Daniel Zwiebach Feb 24, 2015

A Good Earth grocery store and community-park with trees are proposed to replace an empty storefront in the fall of 2015, at the corner of Shoreline Highway and Flamingo Road in Tamalpais Valley. Mark...

Sprouts Announces Plans to Open in San Rafael

Sprouts Announces Plans to Open in San Rafael

By Cam Vernali Feb 24, 2015

A Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store will open in San Rafael on April 15. The store, described itself as a “healthy grocery store offering fresh, natural and organic foods at great prices” on its...

Mock Trial Wins County for 20th Year in a Row

Mock Trial Wins County for 20th Year in a Row

By Sarah Asch Feb 24, 2015

The Mock Trial team secured another county championship, their twentieth in a row on February 7th at the Marin County Civic Center. “This year’s mock trial team has shown itself to be one of the closest...

Winter Rain Fills Marin Reservoirs

Winter Rain Fills Marin Reservoirs

By Claire Donohue Feb 24, 2015

On February 8, the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) reported that the heavy rainfall in December and February has resulted in the seven Marin district reservoirs reaching 98 percent capacity, 15 percent...

Running for Change Receives Grant

Running for Change Receives Grant

By James Finn Feb 24, 2015

Humanities teacher Isaias Franco’s Running for Change program recently received a $2,500 grant from the Marin Leadership Foundation, a local non-profit organization. Franco said that the money for the...

Redwood Teachers React to Kimbrel’s Resignation

Redwood Teachers React to Kimbrel’s Resignation

By James Finn Feb 24, 2015

Redwood High School science teacher Todd Samet read a letter signed by 64 of the 79 tenured teachers at Redwood during a January 28th meeting of the Tamalpais Union High School District’s (TUHSD’s)...

Update: Kimbrels Husband Admits to Making Offensive Online Posts

Update: Kimbrel’s Husband Admits to Making Offensive Online Posts

By Sarah Asch Feb 20, 2015

Tam parent Mitch Wortzman alleged that he was libeled online via a computer with an IP address linked to Superintendent Laurie Kimbrel’s husband Tim Olrick, in public comments Wortzman made at a February...

Board Approves Arrangement with Marin County Office of Education

Board Approves Arrangement with Marin County Office of Education

By Marina Furbush Feb 19, 2015

The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) Board of Trustees created an ad hoc advisory committee to work with the Marin County Office of Education at a special board meeting on February 12. This...

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