San Rafael City Schools

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San Rafael City Schools is a school district headquartered in San Rafael, California, United States.

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The district, according to the San Rafael city charter, is composed of two separate boundaries: the San Rafael Elementary School District and the San Rafael High School District, [1] which are governed by the same board of education. The elementary zone covers the southern half of the city, while the separate Miller Creek Elementary School District covers the northern half. The high school zone covers all of the city. In addition, San Quentin Village and part of Larkspur are within the two districts' boundaries.

History

In 2001 there was a plan devised by the group Parents for Unification that would have removed the portion of the high school district including Terra Linda High School and merged it into the Dixie School District. Doing so would have caused the San Rafael Elementary District to merge with the high school district. [2]

Jim Hogeboom served as the superintendent during the COVID-19 pandemic in California. His retirement occurred in June 2022. [3]

Carmen Ghysels became the superintendent in 2023. [4]

Curriculum

Beginning in 1997 the high schools began to have courses on Mandarin Chinese. The elementary school district received a $160,000 grant from the federal government to have courses on the same language at the other grade levels. [5]

Governance

San Rafael City Schools shares a common elected Board of Education and centralized district office support services. The Board includes:

The elementary school district includes most of San Rafael, all of Santa Venetia, and a portion of Larkspur. The high school district includes those portions as well as the areas in the Miller Creek Elementary School District: the rest of San Rafael and all of Lucas Valley-Marinwood. [6]

Schools

The San Rafael Elementary School District is one part of the San Rafael City Schools.

Elementary schools
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Coleman Elementary School
Middle schools
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Terra Linda High School

The San Rafael High School District includes:

Comprehensive high schools
Continuation high schools

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References

  1. "San Rafael City Schools". 2007-05-02. Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  2. St. John, Kelly (23 February 2001). "Proposed School Split Causes Rift in San Rafael / Plan would unify Dixie district". San Francisco Chronicle . San Francisco . Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  3. Brenner, Keri (2022-11-14). "San Rafael school district superintendent to retire". Marin Independent Journal . San Rafael, California . Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  4. Brenner, Keri (2023-04-05). "San Rafael school district names new superintendent". Marin Independent Journal . San Rafael, California . Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  5. St. John, Kelly (2001-03-09). "Language Classes Expand". San Francisco Chronicle . San Francisco . Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Marin County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2023-04-28. - Text list - The Miller Creek Elementary School District is listed as the "Dixie Elementary School District."