Sausalito Marin City School District | |
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Address | |
630 Nevada Street Sausalito, California 94965 |
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School type | Public, elementary school district |
Motto | Building Tomorrow Today |
School board | Mark Trotter (2006–10) Whitney S. Hoyt (2005–10) Shirley Thornton (1998–2010) Thomas Clark (2002–08) Elizabeth Todd-Gallardo (2006–08) |
Superintendent | Debra Bradley |
School number | NCES: 0636000 State: 2165474 |
Staff | 44.0 |
Grades | K-8 |
Enrollment | 263 (2004-05) |
Kindergarten | 37 |
Grade 1 | 33 |
Grade 2 | 27 |
Grade 3 | 23 |
Grade 4 | 31 |
Grade 5 | 32 |
Grade 6 | 22 |
Grade 7 | 33 |
Grade 8 | 25 |
Language | English |
Campus | Urban Fringe of Large City / 3 |
Area | Marin County, California |
Communities served | Sausalito and Marin City |
Website | Sausalito Marin City School District |
Sausalito Marin City School District Information at the National Center for Education Statistics |
Sausalito Marin City School District is a public school district with offices in Sausalito, California, United States. The district serves Sausalito and the unincorporated area of Marin City in Marin County. As of the 2004-05 school year, the District had 263 students at its three schools.
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During much of the district's history, the demographics were evenly split between White students and African-American students. Most of the military families from nearby bases, who were mostly White, sent their children to Sausalito public schools. After the Cold War ended, the United States Department of Defense closed Fort Baker, Fort Berry, and the Presidio of San Francisco. Over 100 students left the school in one period after the military transfers. By then, many families in Sausalito were sending children to private schools instead of public schools. By 1996 80% of the students were African American, and most of the district's students were poor. Despite the district's high student spending and small class sizes, test scores were low.[1]
In 1997 the Marin County Civil Grand Jury published a report indicating that, despite the ample funding, the district had poor performance and violence.[2]
In 2006 Jennifer Gollan and Don Speich of the Marin Independent Journal said "Poor academic achievement in the Sausalito Marin City School District has rendered the concept of public neighborhood schools largely meaningless as dozens of children in the district, both black and white, flock to private schools."[3]
A 2008 followup to the county report indicated improvements and suggested that the Bayside and Martin Luther King schools be returned to K-8 configurations.[2]
In 2011 Rob Rogers of the Marin Independent Journal said that the district continually had, of all of the Marin County school districts, the lowest test scores. The University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education named Willow Creek Academy one of the top charter schools in California.[4]
The District had 19.0 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers (2.0 kindergarten and 17.0 elementary). The other 25.0 staff included 11.5 instructional aides or coordinators, 8 district and school administrators, and 5.5 support staff. There were no guidance counselors or library staff.
The District budget as of 2004-05 was $5,333,000, or $17,203 per student. Revenue sources were 6% federal, 81% local, and 13% state.
On November 2, 2004, District voters approved Measure I, the School Improvement Bond of 2004, a $15.9 million bond measure that authorizes funding for repairs, upgrades, and new construction projects to the three schools in the District.
The District contracted with the Professional Projects Advisory Group, VBN Architects and Turner Construction to prepare a detailed timeline and budget for construction.[5]
In 2000, the attendance area had a total population under age 18 of 1,265, of which 101 (8.0%) were Hispanic.[6]
The racial composition was
Bayside Elementary School | |
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630 Nevada Street Sausalito, California 94965 |
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School type | Public, elementary school |
Principal | Cherisse C. Baatin |
Grades | K-6 |
Enrollment | 106 (2004-05) |
Kindergarten | 17 |
Grade 1 | 15 |
Grade 2 | 11 |
Grade 3 | 10 |
Grade 4 | 15 |
Grade 5 | 22 |
Grade 6 | 16 |
Language | English |
Website | Bayside Elementary School |
Bayside Elementary School Information at the National Center for Education Statistics |
Bayside Elementary School has an enrollment of 106 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. With 9.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bayside has a student-teacher ratio of 11.8. The campus is located in the urban fringe of a large city. Bayside is neither a charter or magnet school.
Student demographics
The majority of the students are Black or African American. Enrollment by race or ethnicity and by gender are as follows:
Bayside is a Title I School, with a School-Wide Program.[7] The majority of the students are eligible for subsidized meals: 74.5% for free lunch and 7.5% for reduced-price lunch. There are no migrant students.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy | |
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620 Drake Avenue Marin City, California 94965 |
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School type | Public, junior high school |
Principal | Cherisse C. Baatin |
Grades | 7–8 |
Enrollment | 51 (2004-05) |
Grade 7 | 26 |
Grade 8 | 25 |
Language | English |
Feeder schools | Bayside Elementary School |
Website | Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy Information at the National Center for Education Statistics |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy has an enrollment of 51 students in seventh and eighth grades. With 3.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, Martin Luther King, Jr. has a student-teacher ratio of 17.0. The campus is located in the urban fringe of a large city. Martin Luther King, Jr.is neither a charter or magnet school.
Student demographics
The majority of the students are Black or African American. Enrollment by race or ethnicity and by gender are as follows:
Martin Luther King, Jr.is a Title I School, with a School-Wide Program. The majority of the students are eligible for subsidized meals: 72.5% for free lunch and 9.8% for reduced-price lunch. There are no migrant students.
Willow Creek Academy | |
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630 Nevada Street Sausalito, California 94965 |
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School type | Public, elementary charter school |
Motto | You must do the thing you think you cannot do. — Eleanor Roosevelt. |
Established | 2001 |
Oversight | Board of Directors Orlando Lobo, President William J. Ziegler, Vice President Bruce O. Huff, Secretary Clark Warden, Treasurer Doug Lloyd, Director Mark Trotter, Director Kathy Pearson, Director Steve Hayward, Director |
Headmistress | Carol Cooper |
Staff | 17 (2006–07) |
Grades | K–8 |
Enrollment | 106 (2004-05) |
Kindergarten | 20 |
Grade 1 | 18 |
Grade 2 | 16 |
Grade 3 | 13 |
Grade 4 | 16 |
Grade 5 | 10 |
Grade 6 | 6 |
Grade 7 | 7 |
Grade 8 | 0 |
Language | English |
Website | Willow Creek Academy |
Willow Creek Academy Information at the National Center for Education Statistics |
Willow Creek Academy is located on the upper campus of Bayside Elementary School. In 2004-05, it had an enrollment of 106 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. With 7.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, Willow Creek had a student-teacher ratio of 13.1. (See distribution at right). The enrollment and staff has been growing as additional grades have been added since the school was opened in 2001-02, with 15 teachers as of 2007.[8] The campus is located in a suburban valley next to its namesake, Willow Creek. Willow Creek is a public charter school; it is not a magnet school.
Willow Creek Academy is organized in three divisions: Primary (kindergarten-grade 2) Intermediate (3-5) and Upper (6-8).
Student demographics
The student body is multi-ethnic, with no majority racial or ethnic group. Enrollment by race or ethnicity and by gender are as follows:
Willow Creek is a Title I School, without a School-Wide Program. A minority of the students are eligible for subsidized meals: 16.3% for free lunch and 0.0% for reduced-price lunch. There are no migrant students.