The Tam News
Measure B fails, plunging district into $3 million deficit
March 15, 2020
At least 200 students, teachers, and parents attended the board meeting on March 10, where the board of trustees discussed the $1.4 million in proposed cuts.
Editorial: Save our schools
March 12, 2020
After the failure of Measure B, the Tam school district is facing major cuts.
Editorial: Save The Tam News
March 8, 2020
The district’s proposed cuts would eliminate the print edition and crater the publication’s quality.
PE department drops uniform requirement
September 19, 2019
The policy change, a result of recent districtwide budget cuts, requires that students provide their own athletic attire instead.
Board approves $3 million in budget cuts
March 6, 2019
The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) board of trustees unanimously voted on Tuesday, February 26 to approve the budget cut recommendations that superintendent Tara Taupier proposed to the board on February 12. The decision to approve the budget came after a combination of rising enrollme...
Final budget reduction recommendation reduces impact on BACR
February 13, 2019
Superintendent Tara Taupier presented her final budget reduction recommendation to the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) board of trustees on Tuesday, February 12. The recommendation, which contains a proposed $2.8 million in annual districtwide cuts, is a revision of the draft recommendation whi...
District approves early retirement plan
By Logan Little
February 6, 2019
The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) board of trustees passed the Public Agency Retirement Services’ (PARS) supplementary retirement plan (SRP) in an effort to reduce district expenses on Tuesday, January 29. The retirement plan, offered to both certificated and classified staff, will allot those who choo...
Proposed cuts to counseling service met with community backlash
February 6, 2019
The proposed $3 million budget reduction plan for the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) included, among other cuts, a reduction of Bay Area Community Resource (BACR) services by 50 percent in order to save a projected $209,500 annually. The BACR cuts have received a significant amount of pu...
Taupier and Elsen discuss budget, potential cuts at community forum
January 27, 2019
In a community forum at Tam on Wednesday, January 22, district superintendent Tara Taupier and chief financial officer Corbett Elsen presented the current Fiscal Advisory Draft Recommendation to a crowd of about 50 students, parents, and faculty. The recommendation was designed by a committee compose...
Roenisch, Oppenheim, Saavedra elected to TUHSD board of trustees
December 17, 2018
Cynthia Roenisch, Dan Oppenheim and Kevin Saavedra were elected to the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) Board of Trustees on Election Day, November 6. The board will be responsible for navigating the district’s current budget crisis, and as a result financial experience was a major focus of the candidates’ campaigns, as...
District considers consolidating, cutting electives
December 14, 2018
Administrators, teachers, and students across the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) are discussing the potential proposal of a number of cost-cutting changes to scheduling policies next year, according to Tam principal J.C. Farr and multiple teachers. If the changes are proposed and approved...
Measure J passes, implements parcel tax to mitigate district budget crisis
By Milo Levine and Skye Schoenhoeft
November 28, 2018
Measure J passed with 74 percent of the vote on Election Day, November 6. According to the official Marin County website, this measure “protects high quality education with local funding that cannot be taken by the state” by implementing a levy of an additional $149 per parcel for four years, on t...
