Vinyard School
VINEYARD SCHOOL
1891-1957
EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,
WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A
PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS WERE
PLACED ABOUT 5 MILES APART BECAUSE THE STUDENTS HAD TO
TRAVEL ON FOOT OR HORSEBACK. OFTEN BUILT BY SUBSCRIPTIONS
FROM NEIGHBORING SETTLERS, SCHOOLS SUCH AS THIS SERVED AS
A COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN CLASS WAS NOT IN SESSION.
THIS STRUCTURE SERVED AS A PHYSICAL ASSURANCE
TO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN THROUGH TOUGH TIMES THAT
THEIR CHILDREN WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A BETTER
LIFE. IT'S HUMBLE APPEARANCE BELIES THE FACT THAT THE
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF
POPULATION DOOMED MOST OF THE SMALL COUNTRY SCHOOLS, AND
THE COUNTY CONTRACTED WITH THE CINENEGA DISTRICT FOR
EDUCATION OF VINEYARD SCHOOL'S PUPILS IN 1958-59.
DEDICATED SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2007
MONTEREY VIEJO CHAPTER 1846
MOUNTAIN CHARLIE CHAPTER 1850
AND
EL VICEROY MARQUEZ DE BRANCIFORTE CHAPTER 1797
E CLAMPUS VITUS
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