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Section 1: Home Page

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/

Section 2: About the District

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/01about.html

Sausalito Marin City School District

The Sausalito Marin City School District is an elementary district drawing its student population from Sausalito and Marin City. The District has three schools:

  • Bayside Elementary, grades K-6
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, grades 7 & 8
  • Willow Creek Academy, grades K-8, Charter School

Bayside Elementary

Bayside Elementary School was established in 1955. It is situated on 13 acres of lush woodlands. Bayside is a public school in the Sausalito Marin City School District serving students in Kindergarten through Sixth grade.

Students attending Bayside Elementary school come from the Sausalito, Marin City, Sausalito Houseboat and Tam Valley communities.

Willow Creek Academy

Willow Creek is an independently operated charter school. For information about this school, visit their website.

Martin Luther King Jr. Academy

Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is situated in Marin City. Students in 7th and 8th grade attend MLK.

The District is a proud member of the America's Schools Program.

2005-2006 CBEDS enrollment is 283 students. Class size averages 15 students. District students attend high school in the Tamalpais Union High School District.

District Office Hours
Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
Location & Mailing Address
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965
Phone/FAX
Office: 415-332-3190
Fax: 415-332-9643
Directions
South on Highway 101 to the Sausalito Marin City exit; left under 101 to Bridgeway; right to Nevada Street; right just past Buchanan; right into parking lot. North on Highway 101 from San Francisco to Rodeo exit; left at first stop sign onto Nevada Street; downhill and left into parking lot just before Buchanan.
Specialized Programs/Staff
The District employs specialized program staff as follows: psychologist, resource specialist, speech/language pathlogist, certified nurse, steel pan drums and music teacher. Special Education and Title I services are provided for students. A GATE program for gifted and talented students is also offered.
Student Achievement
The District is on a trimester and quarterly system with parent-teacher conferences at the end of the first and third quarters. Report cards are issued at the end of each quarter and at the end of each trimester. For dates see school calendar.
Community Involvement

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/01mission.html

Mission

The Sausalito Marin City School District is committed to providing a rigorous and challenging academic program for all children in a safe environment that values diversity.

We commit to a climate of mutual respect.

All services in the Sausalito Marin City School District focus on furthering student academic achievement and on developing responsible citizens.

Vision

Living Life Educated

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/01bios.html

Administration Office

Interim Superintendent
Mary Buttler
Assistant Superintendent
Carolyn Paxton
District Principal
Ruby Sullivan Wilson

Ruby Wilson has been part of Bayside School for nearly thirty years, first as a kindergarten teacher, then as a first and second grade teacher. She began her teaching career in 1968 as a science teacher in Baltimore. Since 2000, she has served as the principal of both Bayside School and Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy. Mrs. Wilson is the recipient of the Alpha Delta Kappa Society’s “Outstanding Teacher Award” and was honored by the Marin City Community as “Educator-Mother of the Year.”

“Focusing on the growth of the individual student is the key. What gives me the greatest satisfaction is seeing the growth of individual students, not just academically, but socially as well.

Today, we’re good, but we want to be great. As a community of learners, we’re making progress, and striving toward significant achievement. I’m excited about the positive results that I see in new programs like Open Court for reading and language skills, and Destination Math, a computer based learning program.

Every morning before students go to their individual classes, I read a poem to them. One of my favorites is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Rainy Day. One rainy day I was sitting in my office and I saw two girls going across the courtyard and they were reciting these lines to each other

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall.

The joys of teaching come to you at unexpected moments. For me, this was one of them. We learn and grow as people in wondrous ways. I’m so glad to have been blessed to be a part of this process for so many years.”

Business Manager
Margaret Bonardi
Director of Facilities & Operations
Lester Lyons
Administrative Assistant
Kathy Blazei
Administrative Assistant
Nichole English
Staff Development Coordinator
Margo Nanny
Director of Special Education
Gerry Klor
Project Bond Coordinator
Patty Swisshelm

Board of Directors

President George Stratigos

  • Original Election/Appointment - November 2000
  • Current Term: November 2002 to December 2006

George Stratigos is a native of Sausalito. He was elected to the Sausalito City Council in 1994, and served two terms as Sausalito’s Vice-Mayor. Active in education throughout his term of office, he retired from the council after his term was completed, and ran for a position on the school board. George has a professional background in non-profit and for profit management. He is currently assisting the University of the Pacific in its capital campaign.

“I was raised in a town where we were promised the very best. Unfortunately, that promise has never been fulfilled. A community can never function at its highest level when families have to leave or commute to other places in order to take their children to school.

What I hope to see is a school district where people want to transfer in, rather than transfer out. I want a school that attracts parents to our community. We have turned the corner in accomplishing that goal. The board, the administration and the staff are obviously pleased by the dramatic rise in test scores. This, however, is just the first step in a plan to take us to something we call ‘Vision 900,’ our blueprint to assure that, within the next five years, our scores will be go from being on par with other schools in this state to be equal to the best schools in Marin.

The effort of the board to see that we reach our goals is demanding. We have asked ourselves a simple question: Don’t the children of our communities deserve the very best education possible? We know that answer is yes. We are dedicated to the success of each of our children.”

Clerk Shirley Thornton, Ed.D.

  • Original Election/Appointment - July 1998
  • Current Term: November 2002 to December 2006

Dr. Shirley Thornton, scholar, educator, administrator, and author, has been a Marin City resident for over 35 years. Shirley has spent five years as a school district trustee; four of those years as president of the board. A lifetime military officer who retired with the rank of Colonel from the Army Reserves in 1999, she has had a parallel career in education.

“As an educator, I was traveling the state, concerned about the quality of education throughout California, only to find that the schools in my own community were in crisis. Once I became aware of this, I knew I had to get involved.

We have made great strides in changing the academic standards of our district. Our rising test scores attest to our success. My principal focus now is to see that our students are adequately prepared for their secondary school experience.

An important part of doing that is providing our children with a functional middle school. Today we have no gymnasium, music room, science lab, all necessary tools and programs provided by every other middle school in this county. I want our success to be predicated on our students’ success rate in secondary school.”

Trustee Thomas Clark

  • Original Election/Appointment - November 2004
  • Current Term: November 2004 to December 2008

Tom Clark, a Sausalito resident for the past ten years, was appointed in 2003 to fill a vacancy on the district board. Besides his services to the school district and his busy professional life as a construction manager, Tom helps out in his community in a variety of other ways: he is an Arts Festival volunteer, a deacon of the Sausalito Presbyterian Church, and the newsletter editor for the Sausalito Yacht Club.

I am the product of a failed public school system in the town that I grew up in, Westfield, New Jersey. It took many years of hard work for me to overcome that handicap. If I can do anything to keep that from happening to other children, I'm ready and anxious to do my part.

The truth is that school systems fail kids, not the other way around. I joined the board of trustees because of my steadfast belief in the importance of public education as a fundamental principle for any community, and the belief that our community should expect—and demand—a school system that reflects its own values.

We cannot be a world-class town without having a world-class school. Facilities are one part of that formula. The other part is having excellent educational programs. I think that our dramatic improvement in test scores demonstrates that we are on the right path. I’m dedicated to a public school system for Sausalito and Marin City that is worthy of our goals: a system that never lets our children down, but rather, raises them up.”

Vice President Whitney Hoyt

  • Original Election/Appointment - November 2004
  • Current Term November 2004 - December 2006

Trustee Robert Fisher

  • Original Election/Appointment - August 2005
  • Current Term: August 2005 to December 2006

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/01sarc.html

School Accountability Report Card School Wise Press Web Site

School Accountability Report Card (SARC)

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http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/01projects.html

Projects

The Sausalito Marin City School District is committed to looking to the future and planning with care for maintenance and improvements continuously.

Construction: Interior Remodel

Currently a proposal for renovation of the interior of two buildings is underway by the district. Additional information and documentation of the progress can be seen here as the projects move forward.

  1. Bayside Elementary Multi-Purpose Room
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy Multi-Purpose Room
  3. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy Science Lab
  4. Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy Resource Specialist Classroom

SAUSALITO, CA (August 3, 2004) — At the district’s board meeting on July 29, 2004, the Sausalito Marin City School District Board voted unanimously (5-0) to place a $15.9 million bond measure on the November 2, 2004 ballot.

If approved by Sausalito and Marin City voters, the bond will finance new construction, modernization, and renovation projects at all three of the district’s schools — Bayside Elementary School, Martin Luther King Jr. Academy Middle School and Willow Creek Academy, the district’s charter school.

“I am delighted the board voted unanimously to place the bond measure on the November 2004 ballot. This demonstrates the district’s commitment to modernize, rehabilitate and provide replacement construction at the district’s school facilities — buildings that are plagued with antiquated and inadequate electrical and plumbing systems, damaged sewage and drainage pipes, and aging heating and ventilation systems,” said Superintendent Rose Marie Roberson.

While some of the buildings are 40 to 50 years old and the district has obtained federal and state grants for eligible construction projects when possible, the Sausalito Marin City School District has not held a school bond election since 1930. The district is one of the very few districts in Marin that has not asked voters to approve a bond to modernize its school facilities.

Roberson added, “Empowered by a will for change, the support of the community and a new administrative team, our board of trustees has brought about systematic and dramatic changes during the last five years. Now the district is equally focused on providing school facilities that are supportive of its academic endeavors.”

The district’s bond measure falls under the regulations of Proposition 39, a state initiative passed in 2000 that allows school bond measures to be passed by 55 percent (rather than two-thirds) of the voters in local elections.

In a recent survey conducted by SA|Opinion Research for the district, 69 percent of district voters said they would vote for the district’s bond measure to fund new construction, major repairs and modernization of the district’s school facilities.

View the Election Resolution Document (PDF)

Section 3: School Board

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/02board.html

Board Members

President
Mr. George Stratigos
Vice President
Shirley Thornton, Ed.D.
Trustee
Thomas Clark
Trustee
Robert Fisher
Clerk
Shirley Thornton, Ed.D.

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/02boardpledge.html

Board Members' Pledge

I solemnly pledge to continue the proud tradition of our schools, fully understanding and appreciating that the education of young people in this nation has been directed and governed for more than a century by citizens serving on the board of education.

I acknowledge the right of every person to have the opportunity to receive an appropriate, quality education.

I will carry out my responsibilities with conscience and dignity and will place the welfare of students first in my work as a school board member and as a citizen of the community.

I will be an advocate for education, devoting the time and effort necessary to become informed and knowledgeable about the education of students.

I will work to help others to understand the importance of education and the necessity for our community, state, and nation to have quality schools for all people.

I will honor the position of parents and uphold the public trust with which I am charged.

I will strive to achieve excellence in our schools, giving educators the respect and gratitude that is their due.

I will seek change and improvement that is based upon research and the proven practices of time.

I will exhibit pride in our schools and will endeavor to help others to feel a like sense of pride in what our schools have accomplished in the past and to understand what schools are capable of achieving in the future.

I will exercise my responsibility to be a good steward for education, seeking efficient and worthwhile use of the human and financial resources available to our schools.

I will conduct myself as a member of the board of education in a manner that will serve as a personal and public model of appropriate behavior and democratic governance.

I will not permit my personal biases and opinions to interfere with teaching and learning nor allow considerations of religion, nationality, race, party politics, or social standing to intervene between my duty and my actions.

I will maintain utmost respect for human dignity and values, and I will hold human caring and consideration as the fundamental value in the student-educator-board-citizen relationship.

I will have fun carrying out my duties.

I will approach people and issues in a peaceful manner.

I will do no harm and view people as good.

I make this promise solemnly and freely for as long as I serve as a member of the board of education.

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/02agendas.html

Meeting Agendas & Minutes

The Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes below serve as a guide to what transpired at each meeting. These are each Microsoft Word documents, click to download.

October 2005

  • Special Meeting Agenda 10/13

September 2005

  • Special Meeting Agenda 9/8
  • Regular Meeting Agenda 9/22

August 2005

  • Special Meeting Agenda 8/8
  • Special Meeting Agenda 8/17
  • Special Meeting Agenda 8/18

July 2005

  • Special Meeting Agenda 7/18
  • Special Meeting Agenda 7/28

June 2005

  • Regular Meeting Agenda 6/13
  • Regular Meeting Agenda 6/13 Addendum
  • Special Meeting Agenda 6/23

May 2005

  • Special Meeting Agenda 5/19
  • Regular Meeting Agenda 5/26

April 2005

  • Special Meeting Agenda 4/1 & 4/2 Governance Team Retreat
  • Special Meeting Agenda 4/4
  • Special Meeting Agenda 4/7
  • Special Meeting Agenda 4/21
  • Regular Meeting Agenda 4/28
  • Regular Meeting Agenda 4/28 Addendum

March 2005

  • Regular Meeting 3/10
  • Special Meeting Agenda 3/24

February 2005

  • Regular Meeting Agenda 2/10
  • Special Format Dinner Meeting Agenda 2/16
  • Regular Meeting Agenda 2/17

January 2005

  • Regular Meeting Agenda 1/27
  • Special Meeting Agenda 1/27

Section 4: Your Schools

Here are three schools in the Sausalito Marin City School District:

Bayside Elementary School

Email
rubywilson@marin.k12.ca.us
Location & Mailing Address
Bayside Elementary School
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965

Tel: 415-332-1024
Fax: 415-332-7816
Directions
South on Highway 101 to the Sausalito Marin City exit; left under 101 to Bridgeway; right to Nevada Street; right to Buchanan; right and immediate left to school-parking lot on the right. North on Highway 101 from San Francisco to Rodeo exit; left at first stop sign onto Nevada Street; downhill to Buchanan; left and immediate left again to school-parking lot on right.

http://maps.google.com

Willow Creek Academy

Email
ccooper@willowcreekacademy.org
Location
Willow Creek Academy
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965
Mailing Address
Willow Creek Academy
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94966

Tel: 331-7530 Bayside Campus, Room 23
Fax: 331-1622
Website
willowcreekacademy.org
Directions
Located on the upper campus of Bayside Elementary School: South on Highway 101 to the Sausalito Marin City exit; left under 101 to Bridgeway; right to Nevada Street; right to Buchanan; right and immediate left to school-parking lot on the right. North on Highway 101 from San Francisco to Rodeo exit; left at first stop sign onto Nevada Street; downhill to Buchanan; left and immediate left again to school-parking lot on right.

http://maps.google.com

Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy

Email
rubywilson@marin.k12.ca.us
Location
610 Drake Avenue
Marin City, CA 94965
Mailing Address
630 Nevada Street
Sausalito, CA 94965

Tel: 415-332-3573
Fax: 415-332-2492
Directions
South on Highway 101 to the Sausalito Marin City exit; right to Drake Avenue; left and proceed just past Terners Drive to school on the right.

http://maps.google.com

http://dist_cal2004-2005.doc

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August 31 - September 1
Teacher Work Days
September 2
First Day of School
September 6
Labor Day
November 11
Veterans Day
November 15-16
MLK Parent Conferences & Minimum Day
November 24
Minimum Day
November 25,26
Thanksgiving Recess
December 13-14
Bayside Parent Conferences & Minimum Day
December 17
Minimum Day
December 20 - January 1
Winter Recess
January 17
Martin Luther King Day
February 21-25
Mid Winter Recess
March 28-29
Bayside Parent Conferences & Minimum Day
April 7-8
Parent Conferences & Minimum Day-MLK
April 11-15
Spring Recess
May 30
Memorial Day
June 14
Last Day of School & Minimum Day
June 15
Teacher Work Day
Minimum Day Dismissal
12:30 pm, school day includes lunch period
Wednesday Student Dismissal
1:40 pm, school day includes lunch period
Student Breakfast
Bayside Elementary 8:10-8:30 am; MLK Academy 8:00-8:20 am

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/04yourchild.html

The following information will inform you of events that affect your child and/or you as a parent or guardian.

We invite you take advantage of the opportunities we provide on an ongoing basis to get involved and be a part of your child's success as well as the ongoing improvements and successes of our district.

Download the 2005-2006 Calendar of Dates and Events how do i add a link to the school calendar???

http://www.sausalitomarincityschooldistrict.org/05contact.html

District Office Personnel

Special Services Personnel

Bayside Elementary Personnel

Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy Personnel
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