Dixie Schoolhouse 2255 Las Gallinas Ave San Rafael CA 3-21-2010 5-15-53 PM

The Miller Creek Elementary School District, formerly the Dixie School District, is a

school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...

located in

San Rafael, California San Rafael ( ; Spanish for " St. Raphael", ) is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's populatio ...

that operates four schools in the northern portion of the city: Mary E. Silveira Elementary School in the

Marinwood Lucas Valley-Marinwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. It includes the neighborhoods of Lucas Valley and Marinwood. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,259. History James Miller, of Irish ...

area, Vallecito Elementary School in the Terra Linda area,

Lucas Valley Lucas Valley is a valley in Marin County, California, drained to the east into San Pablo Bay by Miller Creek, as well as an unincorporated community in the valley, which forms part of the Lucas Valley-Marinwood CDP. Lucas Valley Road traverse ...

Elementary School, and Miller Creek Middle School in the

area. All four are California Distinguished Schools.

History

The Miller Creek School District was named after a local creek and existing middle school. It was formerly named the Dixie School District after the

Dixie Schoolhouse The Dixie Schoolhouse is a historic one-room schoolhouse located in San Rafael, Marin County, Northern California. It was built in 1864, in the Victorian Italianate style. History The school was the project of Irish immigrant and Marin pioneer ...

, a

one-room schoolhouse One-room schools, or schoolhouses, were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and s ...

built in 1864. The source of the name for the original school was in dispute and had been a source of community discussion. 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. 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. Dr. Lustig Yamashiro (2017–2019) and Mr. Lohawasser (1997–2017) were the predecessors.

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* School districts in Marin County, California Education in San Rafael, California 1864 establishments in California School districts established in 1864 {{California-school-stub