Team Archives - The Tam News

Board approves $1.4 million in programming cuts

By Samantha Nichols, Editor in Chief ♦ May 6, 2020

The cuts include a one-year suspension of the Team program, an indefinite suspension of the teacher leader program, and removal of several release periods, including those for Leadership, Global Studies, and journalism.

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Measure B fails, plunging district into $3 million deficit

Mar 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.

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Editorial: Save our schools

By Editorial Staff ♦ Mar 12, 2020

Measure B failed, and our district is facing drastic cuts. We can't let that happen again.

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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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Why You Should Consider Playing a High School Sport

By Shane Lavezzo ♦ Mar 18, 2017

I’ve always been quiet when it comes to my personal life. Voicing my emotions is something I’ve never truly felt comfortable doing. Regardless of who I am talking to, a best friend or even a family...

Team Application Process Undergoes Changes

By Emma Boczek ♦ May 12, 2014

Sophomores applying to the Team program this year experienced changes in the program’s admission process, following the district’s near discontinuation of Team last school year. The...

District Establishes New Advisory Board

By Sonja Hutson ♦ Jun 12, 2013

In the wake of the March debate that ended in the continuation of the Team program, the Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) is assembling an Alternative Programming Advisory Committee to “work...

District Announces that Team will Continue

By Billie Mandelbaum and Emma Boczek ♦ Feb 11, 2013

On February 11, the Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees and Superintendent Laurie Kimbrel announced that Team, the experiential learning program open to juniors in the Tam District,...

UPDATED: Team Program Faces Possible Elimination From District

By Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge and Billie Mandelbaum & Wesley Emblidge ♦ Feb 11, 2013

The Tamalpais Union High School District announced on January 25 that it is considering plans to discontinue the Team program for the 2013-14 school year. Longtime Team teacher Chuck Ford, who has...

Team students return to Tam

By Elizabeth Archer ♦ Oct 26, 2012

Seven Team students returned to Tam this fall after a junior year spent participating in backpacking trips, community service and wilderness medicine education. The students volunteered and took three...