Located at 630 Nevada Street, the Sausalito School District, Telephone 415-331- 3507, operates three schools that are shared by students from the City of Sausalito and the unincorporated community of Marin City.
These include the Bayside Elementary School, which serves K through grade 6 and is located at 630 Nevada Street, Telephone: 415-332-1024; the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, at 610 Drake Ave., Telephone 415-332-3573, which serves 7th and 8th graders; and Willow Creek Academy, a K through 8 Charter School at 630 Nevada St., Telephone 415-331-7530.
Willow Creek Academy recently received an award of $25,000 from State Farm Insurance to locate the original Willow Creek and initiate a creek restoration program. Located in the Willow Creek Watershed, Willow Creek Academy is engaged in this project to locate the creek somewhere above the Rodeo Creek freeway exit.
To ensure that Sausalito Marin City students would be able to attend a K through 8 school with the municipal boundaries, Willow Creek Academy was initiated to students could avoid travelling elsewhere to attend school. It was felt that the culture of the community was important and that building a strong public school identity would contribute to that culture. The enrollment of the Academy increased from 37 to 104 students during the first three years and in 2009, a second kindergarten class was added.
The Oak Hill School, located at 441 Drake Ave., Tel: 415-331-7601, is geared to children with autism and other developmental differences, which is accomplished by modeling innovative educational practices, harnessing the power of relationships to inspire social, emotional and intellectual growth.
The Oak Hill School, located within Marin City boundaries, provides an academic and therapeutic program for children from kindergarten through adolescence, K- 12. Actually, the school serves children from school-age through 22 years, with a variety of diagnoses including non-verbal learning disability, autism spectrum disorder, as well as sensory integration, regulatory and multi-system developmental disorders.
Oak Hill Schools staff includes special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, creative arts therapists and psychotherapists.