David Yoshihara Archives

Taupier and Elsen discuss budget, potential cuts at community forum

Jan 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...

District appoints new superintendent

Sep 20, 2018

Dr. Tara Taupier was named as the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) superintendent in an August 28 press release. The announcement followed the sudden June 30 resignation of former superintendent...

Superintendent Yoshihara to Resign June 30

By Milo Levine and Milo Levine ♦ Jun 23, 2018

In an email sent to members of the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) community, immediately following a closed session board of trustees meeting on June 21, board of trustees president Leslie...

District Pivots From Proposed Layoffs

By Milo Levine, Editor in Chief ♦ Apr 30, 2018

The Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) Board of Trustees approved a proposal to reduce the budget for the 2018-2019 school year by roughly $2.8 million, in response to substantial debt brought...

Board Considers Parcel Tax Increase

By Samantha Locke ♦ Jan 12, 2018

The Tamalpais Union High School Board of Trustees will vote on whether or not to propose an increase in parcel taxes, if they can garner enough community support, according to an announcement made at the...

Redwood Receives Bomb Threat

By Elissa Asch & Milo Levine ♦ Sep 22, 2017

Redwood High School received a bomb threat, which was promptly followed by a schoolwide lockdown and evacuation, on the morning of September 19. Redwood principal David Sondheim sent an email to the Redwood...

Graffiti Targets Tam Principal

By Megan Butt ♦ Jul 20, 2017

An act of vandalism targeting Principal JC Farr with the use of profanity and racial epithets occurred at Tam High on the night of July 18. The graffiti was found on an exterior wall of Hoetger Hall,...

Serious Answers to Silly Questions (Bizarre Hypotheticals with Tam & District Staff)

By Samantha Locke and Samantha Locke ♦ Jun 3, 2017

We so often only see administrators and teachers as their positions or subjects, but they are so much more. To bring this to light, The Tam News asked bizarre hypothetical questions to show that our...

Jolly Roger Unable to Print

By Zoe Wynn ♦ Apr 3, 2017

The Drake High School newspaper, The Jolly Roger, is not able to print their magazine due to the Tamalpais Union High School District Print shop shutting down. The Jolly Roger and the Tam district have...

Here But Not Heard

By Danielle Egan, Danielle Egan, Danielle Egan, Danielle Egan, and Danielle Egan ♦ May 16, 2016

While the Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club (SAGA) was working to designate new, gender-neutral bathrooms, the unaffiliated Gender Alliance Club was putting up signs on school bathrooms saying that anyone...

Committee Designs Wellness Center

By Danielle Egan ♦ Mar 7, 2016

With the goal of tailoring a counseling plan to the needs of the student body, the Health and Wellness Center Committee is hard at work assessing student concerns and designing a plan that suits them,...

TUHSD Superintendent David Yoshihara Subs at Tam

By James Finn ♦ Nov 2, 2015

Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) superintendent David Yoshihara taught math teacher Marcus Jamison’s classes on Wednesday, October 28 as Jamison was unable to be at school that...