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The Tam News
News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News
News, Opinion, & Multimedia for Tamalpais High School

The Tam News
Sausalito Marin City School District teachers offered insubstantial pay increase for 2022/23, union protests

Sausalito Marin City School District teachers offered insubstantial pay increase for 2022/23, union protests

By Anika Kapan, Features Editor, Graphics Editor ♦ Jun 8, 2023
"We love our parents, and we love our students. And nobody wants to leave.”
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Photo by Elisa Cobb

Griot Theater Company showcases LH3 at MLK Academy in Marin City

By Elisa Cobb, Features Editor ♦ Mar 23, 2023
“I just wanted to create a theater company for my students at the time that mixed with these different races of people so they can know who they are and their identity,” Holcomb said.
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(Courtesy of Play Marin)

Play Marin: Bringing Sports To All

By JP Ballschmider, Reporter ♦ Jan 28, 2022
The hollers of kids, thuds of basketballs, and screeches of shoes on the wooden court fill the Marin City gym thanks to Play Marin, a program that makes sports opportunities available to all.
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(Emily Stull)

Editorial: Running From Climate Change

Oct 14, 2021
Class disparities will continue to be emphasized as California faces the effects of climate change.
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(Ronan Grele)

Trump supporters antagonize Marin City community members during rally

By Emily Stull, Editor in Chief ♦ Nov 10, 2020
A "car cruise" in support of President Donald Trump stopped in Marin City the day before the presidential election. Trump supporters waved Blue Lives Matter and MAGA flags and shouted racial slurs at residents of the majority-Black community.
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(Images courtesy of Annie Spratt, Benjaminrobyn Jespersen, and the City of Mill Valley; illustration by The Tam News)

Racism is of “immediate local importance”

Jun 8, 2020
And Mayor Sashi McEntee’s dismissal of Black Lives Matter is far from the only evidence.
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(Courtesy of Kristie Amezcua)

Marin residents attend Black Lives Matter protest in Marin City

By Ruby Rose Amezcua, Reporter ♦ Jun 5, 2020
The protest was in response to George Floyd's death, and is one of many recent nationwide protests as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Volunteers participate in cleaning up the Mattie and Clarence Boatman Community Garden in Marin City. (Samantha Nichols)

Performing Stars hosts MLK Day of Service

By Samantha Nichols, Editor in Chief ♦ Feb 6, 2020
Local volunteers helped with clearing the historic Orchard Trail, cleaning up the community garden, and picking up trash around Marin City.
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Contra Costa police raided homes in Marin City on November 14. (The Tam News)

Editorial: Undercovered

By Editorial Staff ♦ Dec 15, 2019
The recent police raid in Marin City raised questions about some of the news sources that covered it.
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The Contra Costa SWAT team barricaded part of Drake Avenue during a raid on November 14. (The Tam News)

Suspects released after controversial raid in Marin City

By Emily Stull, Editor in Chief ♦ Dec 15, 2019
The Contra Costa SWAT team conducted a raid in Marin City on November 14, releasing the suspects three days later.
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(Katharine Owen)

SMCSD calls on community for help with desegregation plan

Dec 11, 2019
As it seeks to merge its two schools, Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City and Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito, the Sausalito Marin City School District has reached out to the community for input.
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Tarp's end of an era

Tarp’s end of an era

By Lucas Rosevear ♦ Jun 24, 2019
After 27 years, English teacher David Tarpinian — who was involved in the founding of Academic Workshop, Peer Resource, and AIM — is retiring from Tam.
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