Miller Creek Elementary School District

School district in California

Miller Creek Elementary School District

Address

380 Nova Albion Way

San Rafael

, California, 94903
United States
District information
Type| Public
Grades| K–8[1]
NCES District ID| 0611220 [1]
Students and staff
Students| 1,754 (2021-22) [2]
Teachers| 91.0 (FTE)[1]
Staff| 146.55 (FTE)[1]
Student–teacher ratio| 20.44:1[1]
Other information
Website| www.millercreeksd.org
The Dixie Schoolhouse, located at Miller Creek Middle School

The Miller Creek Elementary School District, formerly the Dixie School District, is a school district located in San Rafael, California that operates four schools in the northern portion of the city: Mary E. Silveira Elementary School in the Marinwood area, Vallecito Elementary School in the Terra Linda area, Lucas Valley Elementary School, and Miller Creek Middle School in the Marinwood area. All four are California Distinguished Schools.

## History

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The Miller Creek School District was named after a local creek and existing middle school.[3] It was formerly named the Dixie School District after the Dixie Schoolhouse, a one-room schoolhouse built in 1864. The source of the name for the original school was in dispute and had been a source of community discussion.[4]

The Dixie school board voted in April 2019 to form a committee to choose a new name as after considering the association with the 11 states in the South that seceded from the U.S. to form the Confederacy.[5] Three board members voted in favor of changing the name, while one each voted against and did an abstention.[6]

## Governance

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The school board has five members. As of 2022, the current superintendent is Becky Rosales, former superintendent of the Waugh School District in Petaluma, who was appointed interim superintendent of Miller Creek days before the board voted to change the district name.[7] Dr. Lustig Yamashiro (2017–2019) and Mr. Lohawasser (1997–2017) were the predecessors.

The district includes portions of San Rafael and all of Lucas Valley-Marinwood.[8]

## Schools

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### Elementary Schools

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Lucas Valley Elementary School in 2024

Lucas Valley Elementary School was formerly Dixie Elementary School. The name change occurred at the time the district's name changed.[9] During the 2021 to 2022 school year the elementary had 336 students with a 14.50 student to teacher ratio.[10]

Vallecito Elementary School

Mary E. Silveira Elementary School

### Middle School

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The three elementary schools are feeder schools to Miller Creek Middle School. The middle school contains grades 6 through 8 and is one of the feeder middle schools to Terra Linda High School. Miller Creek's mascot is a black panther.

## See also

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* San Rafael City Schools

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Miller Creek Elementary". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
2. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Search Results".
3. ^ "Marin County school district changes controversial name after months of debate". Associated Press. July 10, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2020 - via Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
4. ^ "California's Dixie School District to be renamed". AP. July 9, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
5. ^ Fry, Hannah (April 17, 2019). "Dixie School District will change its name after heated debate over racism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
6. ^ "Dixie School District Board Votes 3-1-0 To Change District's Name". San Francisco Chronicle. April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
7. ^ Brenner, Keri (July 10, 2019). "Dixie changes name to Miller Creek Elementary School District". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
8. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Marin County, CA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 28, 2023. \- Text list \- The Miller Creek Elementary School District is listed as the "Dixie Elementary School District."
9. ^ Hernández, Lauren (July 9, 2019). "Dixie School District now called Miller Creek Elementary School District, board votes". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
10. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Lucas Valley Elementary".

## External links

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* Official website

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San Rafael, California

Education|

* San Rafael City Schools
* San Rafael HS
* Terra Linda HS
* Miller Creek ESD (formerly Dixie SD)
* Dominican University of California

Landmarks|

* Albert Park
* Mission San Rafael Arcángel

Culture|

* San Rafael Pacifics
* Museum of International Propaganda

This list is incomplete.
St. Vincent's School for Boys is not in the San Rafael city limits.

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Marin County, California Schools

Public high schools and other notable schools

Novato USD|

* Novato High
* San Marin

San Rafael City Schools|

* San Rafael High
* Terra Linda

Shoreline USD|

* Tomales

Tamalpais Union HSD|

* Archie Williams (formerly Sir Francis Drake)
* Redwood
* Tamalpais

K-8 schools|

* Bolinas-Stinson Union SD
* Lagunitas SD
* Larkspur-Corte Madera SD
* Mill Valley SD
* Miller Creek Elementary SD (formerly Dixie SD)
* Nicasio SD
* Reed Union SD
* Ross SD
* Ross Valley SD
* Sausalito Marin City SD
* Willow Creek Academy

Secular private schools|

* The Branson School
* Lycée Français de San Francisco Sausalito Campus
* Marin Academy
* Marin Country Day School
* New Village School
* San Domenico School

Religious private schools|

* Marin Catholic High School

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