1929 Cleland 1952

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., 1929, 1928

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     "At Washington School . . . An adjustment room was established in 1929.

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     "Named for James A. Garfield, former President of the United States, the school [Garfield Elementary] was honored by the late President's family when James R. Garfield, then Secretary of the Interior, personally presented it with a picture of his father. [26. Josephine O'Leary, Garfield School Annual Report, Unpublished written report to the Superintendent, June, 1929; in files of Santa Monica Board of Education, p. 4.] The picture remains as a valued possession of the school today [1952]."

     " . . . the need for a junior college was recognized in 1929, and the program opened as an extension of the high school program."

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Santa Monica Junior College

     Santa Monica Junior College was first organized in September of 1929, operating under the California Junior College Law of 1907. This law provided that:

"The board of trustees of any city, district union, joint union or county high school may prescribe postgraduate courses of study for the graduates of such high school, or other high schools, which courses of study shall approximate the studies prescribed in the first two years of university courses." [64. School Code, 1929, Sacramento: State Printing Office, 1929, Sec. 3.351.]

     The Board of Education decided to keep abreast of the thirty-three other communities in California which provided such instruction, by extending the educational opportunities in Santa Monica from kindergarten through the junior college. [65. Board Minutes, Nov. 26, 1928.] Accordingly, rooms on the second floor of the high school were assigned to the junior college and it opened with a registration of 152 students. Additional students in February raised the total registration for the year to 228.

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Special Services

     Many special services have been introduced in the Santa Monica schools during the years, some of the earlier ones being these: [46: Martin, op. cit., p. 60.]

1929 Home Teachers authorized.

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