lake tahoe unified school
What's for lunch?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 6:00amThere may not be filet mignon with bourblanc sauce on the menu at the school cafeterias, but Lake Tahoe Unified School District administrators have made some culinary changes this fall. It's a m...
LTUSD exam results about on par with state average
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 6:00amLake Tahoe Unified School District scored at or just below the California average on the California High School Exit Exam, but district administrators won't be satisfied with numbers shy of perfect...
LTUSD celebrates opening of two more facilities
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 6:00amAt a time when public schools across California face severe budget cuts, there is still cause for celebration in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District, which held grand openings for the South T...
Lake Tahoe School District board approves new athletic director
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 5:37pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District board approved math teacher and assistant football coach Doug Russell for the athletic director position at South Tahoe High Sch...
Free Student Sports Physicals
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 1:08amTahoe Center for Orthopedics, Barton Health and Lake Tahoe Unified School District have joined together to offer FREE student sports physicals to South Tahoe and Whittell High School and Pop Warner athletes playing fall, winter and spring sports. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. at South Tahoe High School, 1735 Lake Tahoe Blvd. This one-time, annual-event is available on a walk-in basis. Questions, please call: (530) 543-5615.
Taylor Creek Visitor Center hosts Lake Tahoe Bird Festival
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 5:13pmThe U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS) invite residents and visitors to attend the third annual Lake Tahoe Bird Festival on Saturday, June 2, 2012, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The event is free and takes place at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center, located three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.
Education Roundup: Middle school changes schedule in response to poor grades
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 7:41pmSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - South Tahoe Middle School will change its schedule next year in response to reports of poor student performance.Lake Tahoe Unified School District board members voted to ...
75-minute bus ride possible for LTUSD students
Submitted by admin on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 1:59am
School has been out for more than an hour. Do you know where your child is?
The answer next school year might be: “on the school bus”.
Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education members on Tuesday heard two proposals of what the bus schedule could be for the 2012-13 school year. They didn’t like either and asked staff to come up with something else.
Barton Health grant applications open
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 1:20pmIn an effort to impact the health of our community the Barton Foundation recently opened their grant opportunities for programs and organizations benefitting the South Lake Tahoe area. Barton Health Grants provide funding for programs targeted at underserved populations and/or providing great impact to the health status of the community. The total grant amount available for 2012 is set at $25,000 and is generally dispersed between five and 10 local organizations.
New school offers solution
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 6:00amStarting in the fall, Lake Tahoe Unified School District will offer a new, sportier program to students who are just as interested in hitting the slopes as they are in their education.The school...
New school offers solution
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 6:00amStarting in the fall, Lake Tahoe Unified School District will offer a new, sportier program to students who are just as interested in hitting the slopes as they are in their education.The school...
Students to play March Madness concert
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 6:00amLake Tahoe Unified School District "March Madness" bands will be in concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday at South Tahoe Middle School multi-purpose room.The free concert includes 170 South Tahoe Middle Scho...
Children’s Book Drive to Benefit Kids in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 10:13pm
The South Lake Tahoe Children’s Book Drive a group project through the Leadership Lake Tahoe Program will be commencing on March 1st and continuing through April 1st 2012.
The book drive is being conducted in conjunction with the National Library Week and National School Library Month.
Schools closed due to snow, college open
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 8:33amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - All schools in Lake Tahoe Unified School District will be closed Thursday due to snow. Lake Tahoe Community College will be open.Copyright 2012 Tahoe Daily Tribune. All r...
Winter storm conditions continue at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 6:52am
A second wave of heavy snow will begin again this morning as the jet stream moves over northwest California southeast toward the Sierra, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. A Winter Storm Warning continues until noon today and schools are closed in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District.
All schools closed due to snow
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 8:41amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - All schools in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District are closed due to snow. Lake Tahoe Community College has also canceled all classes today.More than 8 inches of preci...
School open today for South Tahoe area campuses
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 7:31amLake Tahoe Unified School District schools are open today as are Whittell High School and Zephyr Cove Elementary on the Nevada side.
Survey: What our local politicians make around Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 12:03pm(Editor's note: The following ran in the January issue of the Tahoe Mountain News. The second part of the series that examines public agency salaries for managers is in the February issue, on newsstands now.)
Here are the latest salaries and benefits available for the South Lake Tahoe Public Utilities Commission, the South Lake Tahoe City Council, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, the Douglas County (Nevada) Board of County Commissioners, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board and the board of the Douglas County School District.
Tahoe school district facing deep cuts
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:59amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District has moved to cut about $2.4 million from their 2012-2013 budget in the wake of deep state cuts to education funding."This is probab...
LTUSD enrollment leveling
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 4:09amEnrollment at all four elementary schools in Lake Tahoe Unified School District is up from 2010, indicating declining enrollment is stabilizing. Overall enrollment ...www.laketahoenews.net/2012/01/ltu...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Why is gym more important than transportation?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 10:44amIs something wrong with this picture? The Lake Tahoe Unified School District doesn't think it can continue bus transportation to get students to and from school, but it has $70,000 to upgrade the h...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Why is gym more important than transportation?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 10:44amIs something wrong with this picture? The Lake Tahoe Unified School District doesn't think it can continue bus transportation to get students to and from school, but it has $70,000 to upgrade the h...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 5:54amLake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent Jim Tarwater has been invited to be a speaker at the AVID annual Conference in Orland to share LTUSD's progress in infusing Advancement Via Indivi...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 4:41amLake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent Jim Tarwater has been invited to be a speaker at the AVID annual Conference in Orland to share LTUSD's ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../snippets-about...
Budget gifts: Donation to Family Resource Center
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 10:37amThe FRC is a solid organization that truthfully does provide much needed services and supplies to all of our Lake Tahoe Unified School District children's ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../budget-gifts...
Athletic supporters eager to improve South Shore fields
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/26/2011 - 11:56pmAlthough the fields are on public land, including the Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Lake Tahoe Community College and Tahoe Paradise Park, a private ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../athletic-supporte...
Athletic supporters eager to improve South Shore fields
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 11/26/2011 - 5:04amAlthough the fields are on public land, including the Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Lake Tahoe Community College and Tahoe Paradise Park, a private group incorporated since 1989 as a 501(c)3 non...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 5:18pmTwo vacancies (chamber and at-large) will occur on the Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee in Lake Tahoe Unified School District on Jan. 31. For more info, call ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/.../sn...
Choral extravaganza at MontBleu
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 8:28amThe 17th annual MontBleu Holiday Extravaganza is Dec. 14 and Dec. 15, starting at 7pm each night. Students in grades 3-12 in the various Lake Tahoe Unified School District choirs are the stars of the ...
City to recycle old truck
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 7:51pmBy Li Terrell
At the Nov. 1 South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting, there was a decision passed to use grant money from the state of California to purchase a new hybrid vehicle for use in the citywide recycling program.
The new Chevy Silverado hybrid is valued at $39,000, gets 20 miles to the gallon and will reduce emissions compared to the old truck currently in use. However, a lively discussion of whether the purchase would give the wrong impression regarding the city’s fiscal responsibility ensued.
School district warns of phone solicitation scam
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 7:49amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Lake Tahoe Unified School District and South Tahoe Middle School Parent Teacher Association are warning of a scam where someone is calling local businesses and solici...
Secret Witness program key to closing cases
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 3:33pm
More than five years after the parents of a slain South Lake Tahoe teenager asked local authorities for help in solving the 1980 murder of their son, the case remains active and some remain hopeful the case could be solved.
Information that surfaced two years ago about the murder of Richard Swanson turned the cold case into an active one, with retired FBI agent Jeff Rinek and South Lake Tahoe police investigator Chuck Owens continuing their search for the killers.
LTUSD, LTCC candidate has multiple run-ins
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 3:44pmBy Kathryn Reed. Michael Bischoff, candidate for Lake Tahoe Unified School District and Lake Tahoe Community College boards of education, was back in court last week. This time is was for violating hi...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Bischoff is right choice for both school boards
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/02/2011 - 11:35amMichael Bischoff should be elected to the South Lake Tahoe Unified School District and the Lake Tahoe Community College.In so getting him into both of these positions will allow an emissary / ambas...
Momentum to eliminate social promotion in LTUSD
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 7:43amIt's going to get tougher to be passed from one grade to the next in Lake Tahoe Unified School District without knowing the material. ltusd The board on Tuesday ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../moment...
Nominations are in for the 2011 Blue Ribbon Awards
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:55am
By TahoeChamber.org
TahoeChamber.org would like to thank all those who took the time to nominate a business or individual for the 4th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards. Over the four years that the awards program has been in existence, community participation and support has increased annually by leaps and bounds. This year brought in a record amount of nominations, which resulted in over 100 businesses and individuals being nominated for the eight different award catagories.
Opinion: Recognizing the efforts to upgrade STHS
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 2:56amPublisher's note: The following letter was sent to Lake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent Jim Tarwater and is published with permission. Dear Dr. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../opinion-re...
Lake Tahoe Unified School District Receives Report Card
Submitted by Editor on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 4:28pm
South Lake Tahoe Unified School District recently received the Academic Performance Index scores for the year 2011.
The API Target is 800 or above. Overall, the district dropped one point from 2010 (781 to 780). Below are the detailed scores for each school:
The Magnet school dropped 4 points to 935 - However it is the highest score in all of El Dorado County.
Bijou went from 718 to 701, having made substantial gains from 689 in 2009.
Sierra House did well in gaining 13 points 813 to 836.
Controversial challenger in school board elections
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:08amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - In both the Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees and the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board Nov. 8 elections, only one person has filed a bid to challenge...
November election has 12 candidates, one ballot measure
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 9:55am
By Heather Gould
Amid voting for favorite websites, blogs, restaurants, American Idol contestants and more, residents of South Lake Tahoe have the opportunity to vote in an actual public election. Elections for the Lake Tahoe Community College board, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board, the South Tahoe Public Utility District board and a ballot measure regarding recreation funds will all be decided by voters on Nov. 8.
We Can! Program hosts Walk the Block on Sept. 21
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 6:18pm
Let's get moving South Lake Tahoe with the kick-off event for our 2011 We Can! Wellness Challenge. Barton Health and the Lake Tahoe Unified School District invite you and your family to WALK THE BLOCK. What a great way to meet new neighbors, have great conversations with your family about fitness and have fun in our great outdoors! Walk your neighborhood at any time on September 21st.
Weaving — a shared love among various cultures
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/28/2011 - 12:04pmWhen I moved up to Lake Tahoe in 1982 to take a position as a school principal in Lake Tahoe Unified School District, I soon realized that I wouldn't have much time for weaving. In spite of that r...
Snippets about Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 8:09amLake Tahoe Unified School District has released a map of what the traffic pattern around South Tahoe High School will be like when classes start next week. Click on STHS info for the map. ...Lake Taho...
Challenger enters STPUD race
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 10:39pmLake Tahoe Unified School Distict incumbents Sue Novasel, Larry Green and Mike Doyle are being challenged by student Michael Bischoff. ...www.laketahoenews.net/2011/08/challenger-enters-stpud-race/...
Dropout rate in California on the decline
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:48pmPublisher's note: In Lake Tahoe Unified School District, South Tahoe High reports 13 dropouts for a rate of 1.1 percent; Mt. Tallac High had 18 drop out for a 18.8 percent rate. In the Tahoe-Truck...
Measure R to be on Nov. 8 ballot
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 9:52pm... bike trails to be given funding for maintenance and more money for ball fields. The boundaries for the people paying the $18 a year fee are those who live within the Lake Tahoe Unified School Dist...
