Public Schools —
A Popular Choice

By JUDITH WILSON
The numbers are up in the Reed schools, where classroom doors opened on Thursday, and an influx of new students pushed up class sizes.

According to Dr. Steven Herzog, new superintendent of the Reed Union School District (RUSD), who attended his first meeting of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, August 24, enrollment is increasing. “Basically we’re big,” he said. “Almost all our class sizes are about 20, highest are about 26. It’s higher than the norm for this district.”

He reported that 88 students (not including kindergarten) were new to the district, and by Thursday, August 26 — the first day of school — total enrollment had reached 1,325.

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Jackson & McGee Plead Not Guilty

By TERI RONEY
The couple accused of defrauding residents of Tiburon and Belvedere out of more than $3 million appeared in Marin Superior Court on August 25 to enter pleas of not guilty.

Some of their accusers looked on as both Glenn K. Jackson and Gina Michelle McGee denied all guilt on all of the allegations made against them. The two are charged with 44 counts of fraud and embezzlement, which the indictment terms “a pattern of related felony conduct.”

The public defender for Jackson, Deborah Lewis, was unavailable for comment, but McGee’s attorney, Robin Brennan, said her client is clearly innocent of the charges.

“She’s adamant that she did nothing wrong,” Brennan said.

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Neighborhood Rowdies: August 21, 11:22 p.m., an anonymous caller reported a large, noisy party on Reed Ranch Road. Police found a family playing ping-pong in their garage and advised them of the complaint. They agreed to keep the noise down.

Bombs Away: August 21,12:01 p.m., a woman on Neila Way told deputies that her neighbor threw dog feces over the fence and it landed in her swimming pool. A report was taken for documentation of the on-going dispute.