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Teacher by 7, coach by 4

By Elisa Cobb, Features Editor ♦ Mar 28, 2024

Whiteboards, lectures, and grading in the early and late hours of the day are the basis of what is most likely in store for teachers during the regular school year. However, a different use and context...

District parcel tax renewal, Measure M, on November ballot

By Samantha Nichols, Editor in Chief ♦ Oct 19, 2020

The measure would extend current parcel tax funding to maintain fiscal solvency in the district.

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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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The budget aftermath

By Johanna Meezan, Marco Steineke, and Logan Little ♦ Sep 27, 2019

Last year’s cuts have dramatically increased class sizes and worsened errors in student schedules.

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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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To Carry or Not to Carry?

By Cassie Peterson ♦ Apr 25, 2018

On February 22, just eight days after the deadly Parkland shooting, President Trump tweeted that teachers should carry guns in the classroom to prevent further shootings. Teachers at Tam have commented...

Getting Ed-Juul-Cated

By Hana Curphey, Additional Reporting by Evan Wilch ♦ Feb 14, 2018

Sophomore Lily was in history class when the student sitting next to her started Juuling. “The teacher turned around and started talking to me right after he took a hit, so he had it in his lungs,”...

Editorial: Current Events in the Classroom

By The Tam News Staff ♦ Oct 26, 2017

All around us, crisis and disaster run rampant. The months of September and October brought vicious hurricanes, the deadliest mass shooting to date, a twitter beef backed by nuclear weapons, incredibly...

O’meara’s Return and Retirement

By Emlen Janetos ♦ Sep 20, 2017

Michael “Mick” O’Meara, a highly regarded teacher at Tamalpais High School, shocked many of his students when he announced his plans to retire at the end of school last year. After dedicating forty-two...

New Staff Profiles

By Tam News Staff ♦ Oct 11, 2016

Special Education Department: Molly Fries by Ryan Leake Tam’s newest member of the Special Education Department, Molly Fries, claims she is “not actually a teacher.” Fries spends her time...

A Message to Students and Teachers

By Miles Rubens ♦ Mar 3, 2016

Sometimes in class I wish I could rip out my own nose so that I could stop the distraction and aggravation that someone eating repulsive and strong smelling food is causing me. Often the classroom smells...

EDITORIAL: A Two Way Street

By Tam News Staff ♦ Jun 11, 2015

In the June issue of the Tam News, Sarah Asch and James Finn explored the friction surrounding teachers’ varying opinions on collaboration and how and when to use project-based learning. With Tam in...