Donald M. Cleland A History of the Santa Monica Schools 1876-1951, Santa Monica Unified School District, February 1952 (Copied for the Santa Monica Library, July 22, 1963), 140 pp., 1880s
For over fifteen years the Sixth Street School was the only public school in the area of Santa Monica. Many of the boys and girls had to come long distances to attend classes. They came from the areas now known as Venice and Ocean Park, east from the area of the Soldiers Home, and from several canyons north of Santa Monica Canyon. Many of the children rode horseback, tying their horses to a hitching post in front of the school. Others, it was reported, boarded in town during the week, in order to partake of the opportunity of attending schools in Santa Monica, and returned home on week ends.