— NEW! — Keri Brenner, Marin Independent Journal, “Mill Valley District Expands Middle School Site Options,” March 18, 2024 (outlining new timeline for site selection and environmental review, with the goal of finding a plan that, per Superintendent Kaufman, “accounts for the environmental, sea-level rise and air quality concerns we have heard from our parents”). We are encouraged to read that the District is now more open to considering alternative plans, in furtherance of our shared goal to develop a beautiful, safe, and sustainable new campus for our middle school students and staff. We look forward to reviewing the forthcoming preliminary endangerment assessment and environmental impact statement.

Keri Brenner, Marin Independent Journal, “Mill Valley School District Reshapes Bond Oversight Panel,” December 5, 2024 (discussing the District’s recent bylaws change to establish staggered terms and eliminate any alternates for the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC), the body tasked with ensuring that the Measure G bond funds are spent appropriately. This move ousts Chris Bailey and Gabriel Burczyk from CBOC, thus removing the two people on CBOC who asked hard questions and who sought, on behalf of taxpayers, more detailed and transparent financial reports).

Keri Brenner, Marin Independent Journal, “Mill Valley preschool agrees to vacate school district building,” Oct 22, 2024 (noting that Terra Marin will vacate 70 Lomita by November 31, 2024, which frees this property up for District use, including as a potential alternative site for the interim campus).

Keri Brenner, Marin Independent Journal, “Mill Valley school overhaul stalls over new environmental concerns,” Oct 18, 2024 (discussing the project’s environmental concerns and the timing implications of the October 2024 project delay due to regulatory concerns).

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).

Michelle Passero and Juliette Finzi Hart, Marin Independent Journal, New Campus should be Immune to Flooding, February 16, 2024 (op ed about need to address sea level rise when considering where to rebuild MVMS).

Keri Brenner, 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).

Keri Brenner, 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).

Anna Solcani King, Schools on Dumps, April 17, 2018 (mentions Mill Valley Middle School among other schools experiencing problems due to location on toxic waste dumps).

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).

Keri Brenner, 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).

Keri Brenner, Marin Independent Journal, “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).