:Jefferson Elementary School District
{{short description|School district in California}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox school district
| name = Jefferson Elementary School District
| logo = Jefferson Elementary School District logo.png
| address = 101 Lincoln Avenue
| city = Daly City
| state = California
| zipcode = 94015
| region = San Mateo County
| country = United States
| type = Public
| motto =
| grades = K–8
| established = 1866
| superintendent = Sandy Mikulik
| governing_agency = Board of Education
| accreditation =
| schools = 1 K-8, 10 Elementary, 3 Middle
| budget =
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|0618870 |district_name=Jefferson Elementary |access_date=2022-03-05}}
| students = 5,597 (2020–2021)
| teachers = 267.53 (FTE)
| staff = 232.77 (FTE)
| conference =
| website = {{URL2|https://www.jsd.k12.ca.us}}
}}Jefferson Elementary School District is a K-8 school district headquartered in Daly City, San Mateo County, California, USA, serving the communities of Daly City, Colma, Broadmoor and part of Pacifica.
The district was established in 1866{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=29}} and, {{As of|2019|lc=yes}}, has some 350 teachers serving 6,000 students. The district has ten elementary schools and four intermediate/middle schools;{{cite web|title=List of Schools and Contacts|url=http://www.jsd.k12.ca.us/District/144229-List-of-Schools-and-Contacts.html|access-date=25 April 2017|publisher=Jefferson Elementary School District}} high schools in the area are overseen by the Jefferson Union High School District. More than 20 different languages are spoken by students in the school district.{{Cite web|title=The District and Community • Page - Jefferson Elementary School District|url=https://www.jsd.k12.ca.us/District/150233-The-District-and-Community.html|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.jsd.k12.ca.us}}
The district is overseen by a five member elected Board of Education{{Cite web|title=Board • Departments - Jefferson Elementary School District|url=https://www.jsd.k12.ca.us/District/Department/608-Board|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.jsd.k12.ca.us}} and an appointed Superintendent.
History
Before the district's inception, parents in Daly City had to send their children to schools in the San Francisco region. The first school was in the present day Colma area and was a one-room building constructed in 1856.{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=29}} In the following year a new school (named Jefferson School) was constructed on land donated by Peter Dunks. The school district was established in 1866 and named Jefferson School District after Thomas Jefferson.{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=29}}{{cite web | url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/07/horgan-thomas-jefferson-in-daly-city-in-2020-what-to-do/ | title=Horgan: Thomas Jefferson in Daly City in 2020? What to do? | date=7 July 2020 }}
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School was founded in 1917 and rebuilt eighteen years later. General Pershing School, built in 1917, was remodeled in 1960.{{Sfn|Gillespie|Crimmen|2011|p=77}} Colma Primary and Colma Intermediate Schools were established in 1951, followed by Westlake School in 1952 and Benjamin Franklin in the subsequent year. By the end of the decade, three new schools, Olympia (1955), Vista Mar, and Vista Grande (both 1958), had been opened. The 1960s witnessed the establishment of schools named in honor of Christopher Columbus, General John J. Pershing, Thomas Edison, Daniel Webster, the former US Presidents John F. Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fernando Rivera and M. Pauline Brown. Ben Franklin Intermediate School was constructed in Broadmoor on land that had been intended for a street.{{cite book|last=Crimmen|first=Dave|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MaWlbS9IttIC&pg=PT183|title=Broadmoor Village|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2010|isbn=978-1-4396-2513-2|page=183}}
By 1972, the district had 21 schools under its supervision enrolling a total of 9,373 pupils and with a cumulative faculty of 462 teachers. Vista Grande school was demolished later.{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=30}} Critic Allan Temko wrote in the Architectural Forum that "These schools appear with sudden brilliance: ... carefully suited, thoughtfully planned".{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=30}}
William J. Savage served as superintendent of the district from 1918 to 1931. Prior to this appointment, he was principal of Jefferson School.{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=31}} In 2011, Matteo Rizzo retired from the post of superintendent.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oa4KBNNFsYEC&pg=PA8624|title=Congressional Record|publisher=Government Printing Office|page=8624|id=GGKEY:T25X4399JQD}}
District Superintendents
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Superintendent !scope="col"|Tenure |
| scope="row" align="left"|William J. Savage
|1898 – 1931{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=31}} |
|---|
| scope="row" align="left"|Richard Crane
|1931 – 1949{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=31}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|James Snell
|1949 – 1951{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=31}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Henry S. Weibel
|1951 – 1959{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=31}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Richard Foster
|1959 – 1965{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=31}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Frank L. Greenwood
|1965 – 1973{{Sfn|Chandler|1973|p=31}} |
| scope="row" align="left"|Barbara Wilson
|2002 - 2007 |
| scope="row" align="left"|Matteo Rizzo
|2008 - 2011 |
| scope="row" align="left"|Bernardo Vidales
|2011–2023 |
| scope="row" align="left"|Sandy Mikulik
|2023–Present |
Intermediate schools
Elementary schools
References
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Bibliography
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book|last=Chandler|first=Samuel C.|chapter=Jefferson Elementary Schools|title="Gateway to the Peninsula"; a history of the city of Daly City, San Mateo County, California|url=http://www.dalycity.org/Assets/Departments/Library/Gateway+to+the+Peninsula/Gateway+to+the+Peninsula+Chapter+07.pdf|year=1973|location=Daly City, California|oclc=799903}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gillespie|first1=Bunny|last2=Crimmen|first2=Dave|title=Daly City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEqiyuKmjd0C|year=2011|format=eBook|location=Charleston, South Carolina|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-7523-0|oclc=746551642}}
{{Refend}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jsd.k12.ca.us/}}
- {{Facebook|JeffersonElementarySD}}
{{Daly City, California}}
{{Education in San Mateo County, California}}
Category:School districts established in 1866