This school was located at the north end of Washington

Street until about 1890 when the new school at the right

was built at the present location.

 

   Formed in 1887 as part of the San Diego

County school system, this was Winchester's first

school, named for its location in Pleasant Valley.

On June 8, 1887, when Daniel Griswold, original

holder of the land patent on half of the land on

which part of Winchester was platted, sold a half

section to J. G..  Miller, Dennis O'Leary, and

Elizabeth 1. Rice, he reserved "one acre at the

extreme North East corner of said Land which is

to be held by Pleasant Valley School District as

long as the school house as such shall be situated

thereon" (SD( Deeds Bk.  BS p . 250).  On

April 5, 1890, Miller, O'Leary, and Rice sold for

$100 to the Pleasant Valley School District

4 acres off the East end of Villa Lot number

Seventeen as designated on the Town plat of

Winchester (SDC Deeds Bk. 165 P. 141). At

the April 4, 1893, meeting of the Board

Commissioners of the newly form Riverside

County, Pleasant Valley School District was

confirmed as one of the 52 school districts accepted.

(Minutes); ].M. Case was appointed clerk of

the school board (Bynon 1893 I. p. 142).

PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Another picture of the first Winchester (Pleasant Valley) School. Note that many of the children do

not have shoes on.

  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE

qualified electors of the Pleasant Valley School District, San Diego County, California, that in accordance with the provisions of Sections 1880 to 1883,

Political Code, an election will be held on the 19th day of October. A. D. 1889 at which will be submitted to the qualified electors of said District the question of issuing and selling BONDS of the said District for the purpose of raising money for purchasing school lots, and building or purchasing one or more school houses in which District, and furnishing the same. The polls will be open at the public school house from 9 o'clock a. m. until 3 o'clock p. m.. C. C. Thomas, D. A. Haslam and J. S. Stillman will serve as Judges of election.

  The amount of the bonds to be issued is Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars [$3500], of the denomination of $700 each, and to bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum. The number of years which said Bonds are to run is as follows:  No. 1 to run six years, No. 2 to run

seven years, No. 3 to run eight years, No. 4 to run nine years, and No. 5 to run ten years.

Wm. Haslam,

J. A. Campbell,

Wm. J. McEuen

District School Trustees

SCHOOL BOND ELECTION

          NOTICE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

This is the notice of the bond issue which was used to build the school at left. This school served Winchester and the surrounding areas until about 1915.

On to the other local schools. Come take a look at Alamos, Hyatt and Harmony. Just click on the button at left.

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Winchester School circa 1890