By Mary-Justine Lanyon On the heels of the community forum she held, Dr. Kimberly Fricker, the superintendent of schools, briefed the trustees on the school district’s actions during the winter storms. “We need to look at the aftermath and what we’d like to do...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon (Photos by Sara Green) Salary increases were on the agenda for the April 20 meeting of the Rim of the World Unified School District’s board of trustees. The five trustees unanimously approved a 5.5-percent increase, effective July 1, 2022, for...
By RHEA-FRANCES TETLEY - Staff Writer (Photos by Rhea-Frances Tetley) More than 100 concerned and affected community members attended a combined meeting of the mountain’s two Municipal Advisory Councils (MACs) on May 3 in the performing arts center at Rim High. Those...
By Mike Harris - Special to The Alpine Mountaineer Twin Peaks residents protested paying a big jump in fees for road maintenance and snow removal service to county supervisors on April 25 and it worked—at least temporarily. Parcel owners in the Rim Forest road...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon A review of the Rim of the World Unified School District’s mission statement, vision and core values led to an interesting discussion at the school board’s March 30 meeting. It was the core values that drew comments from the trustees. Those core...
By Mary-Justine Lanyon A mid-year update by Director of Educational Services Heather Dominguez on the Rim of the World Unified School District’s Local Control and Accountability Plan led to a frank discussion by the trustees of the needs of the district’s students....
