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
New draft scales back city charter needed to pose tax
Belvedere has significantly narrowed the scope of a draft charter that will need to be approved by voters to allow the city to levy a new...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Reed district planning to reintroduce transitional kindergarten
The Reed Union School District will roll out a new transitional-kindergarten program this fall for young 5-year-olds that will slowly...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Reed district schools to end pandemic face-covering rule
Students in the Reed Union School District will be able to ditch their masks indoors beginning next week. Superintendent Kimberly McGrath...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Strawberry Rec settles wrongful-termination lawsuit for $595,000
The Strawberry Recreation District has paid $595,000 to settle a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by its former general manager. The...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Bel Aire kids return to stage with ‘Frozen Jr.’
Bel Aire Elementary School students will take audiences on a magical adventure across Arendelle in the school’s upcoming production of...
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Indoor mask mandate ends across state; Marin tightens vaccination requirement for first responders
Marin residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can once again shed their masks in most indoor settings starting today, Feb. 16, after the...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Strawberry sites are identified for potential housing
The county has identified nearly a dozen sites in Strawberry that could accommodate up to 136 new housing units as part of its...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Strawberry Recreation to require vaccine and booster for employees
The Strawberry Recreation District will require its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, making it just the second public agency...
By EMILY LAVIN ·All Del Mar7th-graders will take accelerated math class in 2023-’24
All seventh-graders at Del Mar Middle School will take accelerated math beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, a move educators say will...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Student test scores dip amid pandemic
Standardized test scores in the Reed Union School District decreased slightly in both English and math last year amid pandemic-related...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Teen shines a spotlight on youth mental health
There’s a simple reason Jake Bizzell is passionate about raising awareness of youth mental-health issues. “I feel like I can empathize...
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Strawberry man takes a spin on ‘Wheel of Fortune’
As a kid growing up in Marin, Paymon Ghazanfarpour frequently watched “Wheel of Fortune” with his grandma. “I’m a big fan of the show,...
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Marin asks for input on trails for Ring Mountain, Old St. Hilary’s
County officials are asking locals to weigh in on a proposed formal road-and-trail system for the Ring Mountain and Old St. Hilary’s...
By EMILY LAVIN ·The Ranch is first local public agency to mandate vaccine
Employees of Belvedere-Tiburon Recreation must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the month under a new policy passed by the...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Six winners honored in annual photo contest
One Sunday several months ago, Paula Coven and her husband, Rick, got in their pedal kayaks and headed straight out from their Paradise...
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Builder's Studio at Reed Elementary encourages kids to get creative
Erica Leinbach issues a challenge to her class of second-graders seated on rugs in Reed Elementary School’s Builder’s Studio, a room...
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Three Tiburon sites open amid countywide crossing-guard shortage
Three of 10 crosswalks frequently used by students in Tiburon, including one in front of Del Mar Middle School, are without crossing...
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Mill Valley Film Festival includes shorts with Tiburon Peninsula ties
After being held almost exclusively online last year due to the pandemic, this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival is headed back to...
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Closed footbridge is inching closer to approval for repairs
A project to repair a pedestrian bridge that links a popular bayfront walking route between Tiburon and Strawberry needs to navigate a...
By EMILY LAVIN ·Reed district schools must require vaccine status from staff, students
Staff and students ages 12 and older in the Reed Union School District will be required to verify their COVID-19 vaccination status when...
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