Press
LISTEN: KQED, Schools in Deep Water: Bay Area Faces Uphill Battle Against Climate Change, Aug 5, 2024 (explaining the risks of increased flooding and sea level rise on the MVMS site with its underlying soil contamination).
KQED, Rising Seas Already Flood Some Bay Area Schools. The Risk Will Only Get Worse, Aug 7, 2024 (discussing MVMS as the poster child of regional flood risks).
Marin Independent Journal, Mill Valley parents vent over middle school reuse prospect, Oct 24, 2023 (discussing parent concerns about toxic substances at the proposed site).
Marin Independent Journal, Mill Valley cements decision on middle school site, March 8, 2024 (citing project costs and approval of plans for both the permanent and temporary site, all before CEQA completed or a single soil test completed).
Marin Post, Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, and Sleeping Dogs: Decisions before the MVSD Board of Directors, Feb. 19, 2024 (containing another summary of the toxic site hazards).
Letter from Mill Valley City Manager to Mill Valley School Board, Opposing Friends Field Plan, February 1, 2024 (reciting history of former landfill and opposing the then-plan to locate the permanent Middle School site on Friends Field, which would have avoided the need for a temporary site of portables).
Marin Independent Journal, Mill Valley Drops Friends Field as School Site Option, February 29, 2024. (School board folds under pressure of threatened lawsuit related to Friends Field).
Marin Independent Journal, Mill Valley Preschool Faces Eviction by School District, August 5, 2024 (note District says it plans to use the Terra Marin site for District Offices, so the District does not have to be on site during construction. We want the District to consider using that space for the temporary campus instead).