Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Modular classrooms for the Mill Valley Middle School interim campus will be delivered by truck between midnight and 6 a.m. on weekdays from Oct. 6 through Oct. 16, bringing overnight noise and traffic to the East Blithedale-Camino Alto-Sycamore Avenue route.
Education
Modular classrooms for the Mill Valley Middle School interim campus will be delivered by truck between midnight and 6 a.m. on weekdays from Oct. 6 through Oct. 16, bringing overnight noise and traffic to the East Blithedale-Camino Alto-Sycamore Avenue route.
Modular classrooms for the Mill Valley Middle School interim campus will be delivered by truck between midnight and 6 a.m. on weekdays from Oct. 6 through Oct. 16, bringing overnight noise and traffic to the East Blithedale-Camino Alto-Sycamore Avenue route.
Education
The Marin County Office of Education is launching a three-part AI policy series with ed-tech partner Edapt to help local districts, including Tamalpais Union, Mill Valley and Reed Union, develop board-ready AI policies and student acceptable-use guidelines for the 2026-27 school year.
Education
Mill Valley School District's enrollment grew 3.9% to 2,416 students in 2026-27, driven almost entirely by a 37.9% surge in transitional kindergarten, bucking a countywide trend of declining school attendance.
Education
Seven candidates are running for three Tamalpais Union High School District board seats in the Nov. 3 election, with at least one new trustee guaranteed after incumbent Emily Uhlhorn chose to leave the board and lead the Tam High Foundation.
Education
The Redwood Bark editorial board argues TUHSD's laptop ban, phone-free policy and disbanded AI task force are leaving students unprepared for a digital future, as board candidates split on the district's technology approach ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Education
San Francisco State University will close its Romberg Tiburon Campus on Sept. 30, shutting down the only marine research center on San Francisco Bay after a four-year fight and $3.2 million fundraising campaign fell short.
Education
Tamalpais Union High School District students at Redwood High and Tam High will lock their phones in NuKase hard-shell cases starting Aug. 19 under a policy the board approved 3-2 at a cost of nearly $113,000, while a Corte Madera psychologist urges families to start building screen-time habits at home before school begins.
Education
The Tam High Foundation launched its 2026-27 Annual Donation Campaign on Thursday, Aug. 13, seeking family contributions for tutoring, arts, wellness and enrichment programs ahead of the Aug. 19 first day of school, while announcing a 30th anniversary celebration at Sweetwater Music Hall in March 2027.
Education
The Mill Valley School District hired Alison Makela, a 15-year veteran of West Contra Costa Unified, as its new Director of Educational Services starting August 10, 2026.
Education
Concrete footings and slabs are being poured at the Mill Valley Middle School interim campus site as the $194 million Measure G project moves into above-ground structural work, with Saturday construction underway and the Harrison Skate Park closed through August 31.
Education
The Tam High Foundation unanimously selected Emily Uhlhorn, a Mill Valley parent of four Tam High students and current TUHSD trustee, as its next executive director starting January 2027, as the nonprofit approaches its 30th anniversary.
Education
Mill Valley School District families will see a new meal provider, Revolution Foods, and completed Measure G construction at Old Mill and Park elementary schools when the 2026-27 school year begins in August.
Education
Marin County has officially certified Mill Valley School District's Measure E parcel tax after the June 2 election, securing an estimated $14.9 million a year for teacher retention and academic programs across the district's six schools.
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