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Population Trends And School Building Needs In The Merced City School District, James Lafayette Daniel
Population Trends And School Building Needs In The Merced City School District, James Lafayette Daniel
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The natural result of this increased population was to place an abnormal strain on the Merced City School facilities. In the last ten years the enrollment of the schools in this city has increased from a peak of 1773 to 3566 pupils.
The administrators of Merced City schools, in attempting to provide adequate facilities for the mounting enrollments, have in the last three years, with the support of the patrons of the district, financed and constructed six new school buildings. Four of these are additions to the total number of district buildings and have been located at new sites because …
The Contributions Of John Swett To Free Public Education In California, Will Shippee Cluff Jr.
The Contributions Of John Swett To Free Public Education In California, Will Shippee Cluff Jr.
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
To no one man can go the full credit for establishing and building the free public schools of California, any more than can any single individual be given full credit in any complex community undertaking. But in any communal activity, one man usually stands out, and in the case of the schools of California, John Swett is that individual.
Much has been written about Swett, the man, but little has been written about his contributions to the school structure of his adopted state. The latter is the problem with which this paper deals. In view of an ever increasing interest …