Private K-8 Schools of San Francisco & Marin

 

by Betsy Little, MA, MBA and Paula Molligan, MA, MBA

288 pages, $24.95 ISBN 1-930074-15-8 5.5" x 8.5" softcover, 6 illustrations

 

 

In its fifth edition, this book is the definitive guide to the private school admission process and to more than 80 private and parochial schools in San Francisco and Marin counties. It includes:

• Schools' mission statement and academic philosophy
• Full costs including tuition increases and expected donations
• Admission process and number of applications received for each K slot
• Extended day hours, costs and what grade levels can attend
• Ethnic makeup of student body and faculty + faculty education and training
• Standardized test scores/alternative indicators of academic success
• Test score cut-offs for transfer students
• Curriculum including foreign languages, art, music, and computers
• What sort of student each school best serves
• Admission etiquette and tips (what NOT to say)
• Schools, resources for learning differences/disabilities
• What high schools graduates attend

 

Authors Betsy Little and Paula Molligan have more than 36 years experience in education. Both have their MBA's and MA's in Special Education and are school placement consultants for Bay Area families for preschool through high school. Ms. Little has worked as a director of admission, director of development, and director of financial aid endowment for a number of California independent schools. She is a former member of the Bay Area Directors of Admission. Ms. Molligan holds a BS in Elementary Education and was a classroom teacher in the East Bay and Marin, a middle school administrator for an independent school, and the head of a private school in Marin. She is a former member of the Bay Area Independent School Heads Association. Ms. Little and Ms. Molligan are principals in Little and Molligan, School Placement Specialists for public and private day and boarding schools. They have offices in Marin and San Francisco.