Fourth street school circa 1880 so co library collection

Fourth Street - Fremont School Timeline

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    Fremont School and Park Timeline

  • Property acquired and school built

    Property acquired and school built
    F. G. Hahman sells property to School District for $300. Hewitt and A.P. Petit build school which opens in December of 1865.
    Press Democrat, Volume XLI, Number 52, 4 March 1914

  • Santa Rosa incorporated as a City

  • School District enrollment - 405 students.

    Court House School District enrollment - 405 students.

  • School becomes compulsory

    School becomes compulsory
    State of California makes school attendance compulsory for children ages 8 to 14.

  • Fourth Street School name

    First time school is referred to as the "Fourth Street School" in the newspaper.
    Sonoma Democrat 24 June 1876

  • 520 Students enrolled in Fourth Street School

    Sonoma Democrat, Volume XXII, Number 13, 18 January 1879

  • Upper floor becomes high school

    Gaye LeBaron Sunday column (January 18, 1981)

  • Addition added to Fourth Street School

    Press Democrat, Volume XLIV, Number 18, 5 December 1900

  • $12,000 School Bond Fails

    47 Students per classroom
    Press Democrat, Volume XXIX, Number 170, 5 May 1903 In view of the present overcrowding of rooms in the grammar schools of the city, and in order to make provision for the future, the Board of Education of Court House school district, at a meeting held on Wednesday evening, decided to call a special election to vote $12,000 for the erection of another school house.
    Press Democrat, Volume XXIX, Number 226, 10 July 1903

  • Enrollment climbs to 570 students at Fourth Street School

    Enrollment climbs to 570 students at Fourth Street School
    Press Democrat, Volume XXX, Number 235, 4 October 1904

  • $75,000 School Bond Fails

    The trustees of the school district decided to call a special election for a $75,000 bond proposition for the erection of two eight-room stone or brick school buildings.The school trustees were unanimous in the opinion that there should be two buildings, one south of the creek and the other north. Now there are 200 more children than seats.
    Press Democrat, Volume XXX, Number 275, 19 November 1904

  • Students sent home - lack of seating capacity

    At the Fourth street school fifteen children have been sent home for lack of seating capacity in the various grades, nine from the Davis street, four from South Park and the same number from the eighth grade in the High school building, making a total of thirty-two.
    Press Democrat, Volume XXXI, Number 11, 13 January 1905

  • Bond Measure for south Santa Rosa Schoolhouse Passes

    $35,000 was voted for the construction of a brick or stone schoolhouse in South Santa Rosa and a small frame schoolhouse on the Roseland tract for a primary school during the coming year.
    Press Democrat, Volume XXXI, Number 293, 30 November 1905

  • Fremont School name used for the first time

    Fremont School name used for the first time
    Santa Rosa Republican - Tuesday, March 6, 1906

  • City health officer calls school a "fire and death trap".

    Press Democrat, Volume XL, Number 140, 13 June 1913

  • $180,000 School Bond Fails

    Bonds for the purpose of replacing the Fremont and Lincoln school buildings at an expense for the two buildings of $140,000. The balance is to be used for the purchase of additional grounds for these two buildings. It is hoped to secure the north half of the old College grounds for the Fremont school. Also, play grounds for Roseland school, together with necessary alterations, additions and repairs to the Burbank and South Park schools.Press Democrat, 15 March 1914

  • $250,000 School Bond Challenged in Courts

    $250,000 School Bond Challenged in Courts
    1920 School Bond passes but challenged over definition of “school districts”.
    Press Democrat, Volume XLVIII, Number 12, 14 July 1920 1921 - Superior Court ruling invalidates 1919 bond measure.
    Press Democrat, Volume XLVIII, Number 280, 26 May 1921

  • Library Basement used for Student Overflow

    The basement of the public library, with its low ceilings and poor ventilation is housing a part of the overflow from Fremont school, while two other classes are occupying upstairs rooms In the Mailer building. All parents and teachers are anxiously awaiting the final unraveling of the “legal entanglement" which has so long held back school progress.Press Democrat, Volume XLIX, Number 107, 3 November 1921

  • 1922 - $241,000 School Bond Passes!

    Santa Rosa’s $241,000 school bond issue was carried in the election yesterday by 3,081 to 113. Believed to be the largest majority ever accorded any issue in Sonoma County.
    Press Democrat, Volume XLIX, Number 237, 5 April 1922

  • W.H. Weeks - Architect for new Fremont School

    W.H. Weeks - Architect for new Fremont School
    Mentioned in 5.29.1922 Santa Rosa Republican as architect for new Fremont School.

  • Hershey Family Property Acquired by City

    The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) · 18 Mar 1923
    Hershey family doesn't appeal property condemnation by City allowing it to be purchased by the school board for $47,500.

  • Construction Workers Strike

    Construction Workers Strike
    The Press Democrat
    Santa Rosa, California
    09 Jan 1924, Wed
    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105623967/strike-school-construction-workers/

  • New Fremont School Opens

    New Fremont School Opens
    The Press Democrat:
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/589828503/?terms=%22Fremont%22&match=1