After an impassioned two-hour public hearing, the Kentfield Planning Advisory Board advanced a proposal for field lights at Marin Catholic High School. The board voted 4-0 to recommend that the Marin County Planning Commission accept the application for review, with conditions. The application seeks four 80-foot-high field lights at one of the school’s two athletic fields. If approved, the lighting would be allowed from 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays during waning daylight in the fall and winter. The lights would also be allowed until 9:30 p.m. Fridays for a small number of varsity football games.In...…After an impassioned two-hour public hearing, the Kentfield Planning Advisory Board advanced a proposal for field lights at Marin Catholic High School. The board voted 4-0 to recommend that the Marin County Planning Commission accept the application for review, with conditions. The application seeks four 80-foot-high field lights at one of the school’s two athletic fields. If approved, the lighting would be allowed from 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays during waning daylight in the fall and winter. The lights would also be allowed until 9:30 p.m. Fridays for a small number of varsity football games.In...WW…

When Nathan Grebil pops in at Rian Lynam’s seventh-grade math class at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, it’s no accident. Grebil, hired this year by Reed Union School District trustees as a teacher on special assignment in math, is a man on a mission. His charge: monitor and encourage progress in district math classes — including a newly accelerated seventh-grade math program that will allow more interested students to take algebra I in eighth grade. “RUSD has a large population of students who are ready for algebra I and we offer access to this option with teachers who are well-equipped...…When Nathan Grebil pops in at Rian Lynam’s seventh-grade math class at Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon, it’s no accident. Grebil, hired this year by Reed Union School District trustees as a teacher on special assignment in math, is a man on a mission. His charge: monitor and encourage progress in district math classes — including a newly accelerated seventh-grade math program that will allow more interested students to take algebra I in eighth grade. “RUSD has a large population of students who are ready for algebra I and we offer access to this option with teachers who are well-equipped...WW…