In an effort to attract new students and support low-income families that have long struggled to lock down housing, the northernmost school in Shoreline Unified School District, Bodega Bay Elementary, has applied for a $35,000 grant to pay for a preschool teacher who will work on its campus. 

The grant is intended to give families an alternative to enrolling their children in Shoreline Acres Preschool in Tomales, which can be cost-prohibitive for some families, and…