Emily Lavin
What I cover
Emily was The Ark's assistant editor and special sections editor, and she reported on youth and education, including the Reed Union and Tamalpais Union school districts.
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Latest from Emily
Reed district board member steps down after 7 years of service
Reed Union School District board member Susan Lambe Peitz has stepped down from her post to spend more time with her family and focus on...
By EMILY LAVIN ·St. Hilary CYO volleyball has strong showing in Marin playoffs
The St. Hilary Tigers CYO volleyball program nabbed three championships and one second-place finish at the Marin County Marin County...
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Tam high district asks voters to OK $149 short-term parcel tax
The Tamalpais Union High School District is asking local property owners for a financial boost — a move officials say is necessary to...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Candidates for Tamalpais high school district board talk budget at forum
The Tamalpais Union High School District’s budget woes dominated discussion at an Oct. 8 forum featuring the four candidates running for...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Students in Reed schools again outshine county and state peers in annual testing
Standardized test scores in the Reed Union School District held steady in 2018, with district students continuing to outscore their peers...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Tam high-school district promotes assistant superintendent to top post
The Tamalpais Union High School District has plucked its next superintendent from within its own ranks. Tara Taupier, who had been...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Musica Marin to host intimate performances in inaugural 3-day chamber-music festival
The Tiburon Peninsula will host a series of intimate performances from acclaimed American and European musicians next month during Musica...
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Reed school district bumps up funding for Yellow Bus Challenge by $4,500
The Reed Union School District will spend some extra cash to keep the Yellow Bus Challenge rolling smoothly during the 2018-2019 school...
By EMILY LAVIN ·County program offers Tiburon seniors a nutritious meal, chance to socialize
James Hardy grabs a couple metal lids off the food pans set up buffet-style inside The Hilarita’s computer learning center and heads...
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Tam school district changes course, will pursue short-term parcel tax on ballot
The Tamalpais Union High School District has decided not to roll the dice on a proposed 12-year, 50-percent parcel-tax increase and will...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Camp Create at St. Stephen’s teaches art, fosters community
The opening bars of Prince’s “1999” filled the room, and Maura Whelehan began calling out dance warm-ups to the 20 or so...
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Group challenges plans to bring school to ex-seminary site
A neighborhood group is asking the county to investigate North Coast Land Holdings’ decision to lease the former seminary site in...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Developer reaches three-year deal to bring school to former Strawberry seminary site
A private evangelical Christian college is set to expand to the former seminary site in Strawberry beginning Aug. 1. Olivet University...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Tam school district weighs a shorter-term parcel-tax measure for November ballot
After polling showed support for a proposed 12-year, 50-percent parcel-tax increase dropping below the two-thirds’ threshold needed for...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Building homes and futures
Cleo Norris understood the basic tasks she’d be doing to help build homes in New Mexico with Habitat for Humanity of Taos. She knew what...
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Strawberry Recreation won’t put special tax on November ballot
The Strawberry Recreation District has decided against placing a special tax to help fund its proposed community center on the November...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Strawberry to see 14-percent garbage-rate hike
Mill Valley Refuse Service customers in Strawberry will see their rates go up by more than 14 percent begin- ning in July — largely due...
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