RV District

ROSS VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Ross Valley School District is an elementary/middle school district serving the central Marin communities of San Anselmo and Fairfax. Most Ross Valley graduates attend Sir Francis Drake High School in the Tamalpais Union High School District. The district includes four schools: Brookside Elementary School, Manor Elementary School and Wade Thomas School for kindergarten through 5th grades; and White Hill School for grades 6th, 7th and 8th. District enrollment is 1,814 students. The district office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Ross Valley School District Web Address

Support Services
Ross Valley School District provides a full complement of special education support services. Each school has a special education resource specialist, a library specialist and shares the services of counselors and a certificated school nurse. The district also offers an alternative education program, Title I and GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) programs.

Student Achievement
Standards-based progress reports and report cards in addition to parent conferences are used to report student progress in grades K-5. Letter grade progress reports, report cards and parent conferences are used to report student progress in grades 6-8. The STAR (Standard Testing and Reporting) assesses student knowledge of grade level content as well as State Content Standards. Students in grades 4 and 7 participate in the STAR writing test and students in grades 2-11 participate in the STAR multiple choice test. STAR results are available at the district office or online at the California Department of Education's website: http://star.cde.ca.gov. Ross Valley School District also offers other local measures of achievement.

Community Involvement
Parent participation is encouraged through parent clubs, PTAs, school site councils, district ad-hoc committees, volunteer work at the schools and ongoing dialogue. Parents, community members and local businesses support the schools through a parcel assessment, bond measures and contributions to the YES Foundation. The YES Foundation provides supplemental funding for district programs, such as art, music and technology as well as after-school enrichment classes and musical theater.

Bryce Sumnick, Interim Superintendent
Ross Valley School District
46 Green Valley Court, San Anselmo, CA, 94960
(415) 454-2162 Fax: (415) 454-6840

http://rvsd.marin.k12.ca.us/

Information from Marin County Office of Education

Marin County School Districts