Elementary School Series 4

Teacher Anne Kent with the Mountain View School students the last year the school operated, about 1938. The Burrough Valley school refused to join the new Sierra Elementary for a few years because they wanted to maintain their independence from "big" districts. When the school shrank to fewer than five students the school was closed and merged with the larger district. This picture was crumpled in someone's pocket and almost didn't survive. Note the band instruments.