How Old is San Jacinto High School?
Just how old is San Jacinto High School? Well, there’s a simple answer, and a not-so-simple answer. The simple answer is this: San Jacinto High School held its first classes on October 1, 1894, and held its first commencement on June 23, 1896. But by 1894, there had already been a high school in San Jacinto for two full years — that’s where the not-so-simple part comes in. In 1891, a new state law was passed which allowed local elementary school districts to join together to form a joint “union” high school district. So that August, the San Jacinto, South San Jacinto, Harmony, and Diamond school districts voted to form what became known as the Hemet Union High School District. At their first meeting, the new trustees voted to put the new school in Hemet — even though Hemet was not yet even big enough to have its own elementary school district. Naturally, this decision didn’t go over real well in San Jacinto, and the battle lines were quickly drawn. At least two lawsuits followed, and
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