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., 1890,
Chapter I
For a time, the Baptist Sunday school was held in the old Washington school. From February 1, 1890 until November 3, 1892, the Reverend A.P. Brown, pastor of the Baptist Church at Palms, preached alternate Sundays at Ocean Park.
Chapter II
South Side School
On the first Monday of September, 1890, when the first school opened in south Santa Monica, the citizens of that area were witnessing something very much like a miracle. They had petitioned the board of trustees many times, without results, for a school south of Front Street (known today as Pico Boulevard); and now a one-room, whitewashed building actually rose on the peak of the hill at Ashland and Fourth Streets, surrounded by lonely sand dunes and a few houses. [35. Pearl, op. cit., p. 21.]
The school had been scheduled to open on March 3, 1890, but the trustees were compelled to rescind the order because the apportionment of school funds to the district fell considerably below the estimate for the year. Ellen Huie, who had come from a distance to teach school, had to be reimbursed for her expenses with a check for $7.50 and returned to her home. [36. Board Minutes, Feb. 24, 1890.]
A few months later, when Miss Huie did welcome the children of the neighborhood to their seats in the one-room school atop the hill, she must have been no little perturbed, facing the oddly assorted group of all ages that stared up at her, waiting for their first lesson. The minutes of the board state that she resigned the following September, foregoing a salary of $50.00 per month." p. 48