Overview

• On June 3, the Tamalpais Union High School District board voted 3–2 against renewing contracts for Tenisha Tate-Austin and Paul Austin, who lead the Black Student Success Support Team.
• The Austins’ contracts, valued at $150,000 and $100,000, funded academic data monitoring and a drop-in mentoring center for Black students at Tamalpais High.
• Teachers, parents and students rallied outside the school on June 5, gathered roughly 900 petition signatures and intend to speak at the June 17 board meeting.
• Board-presented data showed improvements in test scores and attendance among Black students participating in the program.
• Superintendent Tara Taupier will resign June 30 after disputing procedural violation claims, and trustees plan to meet with incoming superintendent Courtney Goode to maintain services internally.