Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1889, 1894
" . . . the establishment of Canyon School . . . The process began in 1889, when the school board instructed two of the trustees, E.J. Vawter and R.P. Elliott, to investigate the need . . . No action was taken until 1894, when approval was given for a special election . . . on October 29, 1894, the school opened . . ." p. 44