How many years of school did a child have to complete in order to get a school diploma?
In the early 1990s a student in Pasadena only had to go to school for seven grades and then they would get a certificate. A student could then go to “normal” school and get a teaching certificate after a semester of training. Thus teachers were sometimes just barely older than their students. As the demand for more education developed, a two year “high school” diploma could be earned and then a “four year” high school diploma would be earned above that. This was much like the two year “associate” degree you can get today from a community college and then a four year “college degree” for an additional two years of work at a state level college. A few of the Pasadena students began wanting more education than the seven years and Pasadena tried to provide a couple more years. Ultimately students wanting more than the seven years went to high school in Harrisburg. Although they got their diploma from Harrisburg, they stuck together and considered themselves Pasadena graduates. By 1920 the
