Silas Bartsch
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| birth_place = Minnesota
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|10|18|1926|05|13}}
| death_place = California
| nationality = American
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| known_for = Set up a distance education program that allowed his University to expand
| occupation = professor
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Silas Bartsch (May 13, 1926 – October 18, 2001) was an American school administrator who acted as a superintendent in Reedley, California. He was first superintendent of the Kings Canyon Unified School District. Bartsch was superintendent for five years, then left to begin a career at then Fresno Pacific University.
Early life
Bartsch was born on May 13, 1926, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. When he was 14, his family moved to Reedley. He graduated from Reedley High School and enlisted in United States Army. Upon discharge, he returned to Reedley and graduated from Reedley College in 1949. He also graduated from Chapman College in Los Angeles, with a major in history and education. He completed a year of post graduate study at Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, as well.
Career
In 1952, Bartsch began his teaching career as a fourth grade teacher at Washington School. Bartsch later taught at General Grant School before becoming principal in 1958. In 1961, he was appointed superintendent of Reedley Elementary School District, and in 1965, of the newly formed Kings Canyon Unified School District. Five years later, he began a new teaching career at Fresno Pacific College, but he remained active in his hometown until his death.
He was Professor of Education at Fresno Pacific. Fresno Pacific was initially a religious college, and the Education Department Bartsch lead brought in other students, and more funding.
Bartsch became the first Dean of the University's School of Professional Studies.
Death and legacy
Bartsch died on October 18, 2001, in Reedley, California, at the age of 75.
In June 2008, a new K-8 school in Kings Canyon Unified School District was named Silas Bartsch School. The campus was opened on October 29, 2008. He and his wife, Nadine, also had the building that housed the Education Department at Fresno Pacific University campus named after them; Bartsch Hall.
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{{cite news
| url = https://news.fresno.edu/article/10/25/2001/silas-bartsch-lived-his-passion-service-innovation-and-education
| title = Silas Bartsch lived his passion for service, innovation and education
| work = University News (FPU)
| author = Wayne Steffen
| date = 2001-10-25
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| access-date = 2021-01-22
| quote = Wiebe remembered the telephone call where Bartsch offered, not just to serve on a board or advisory committee as Wiebe had thought, but to leave his post as superintendent of Kings Canyon Unified School District to teach at FPU.
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{{cite news
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DHXADwAAQBAJ&q=%22Silas+Bartsch%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA94
| title = Fresno Pacific University: The First 75 Years
| author1 = Kevin Enns-Rempel
| author2 = Hannah Keeney
| publisher = Arcadia Publishing
| year = 2020
| pages = 25, 90, 84
| isbn = 9781467104593
| archive-url =
| archive-date =
| access-date = 2021-01-22
| quote =
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{{cite journal
| url = https://fpuscholarworks.fresno.edu/bitstream/handle/11418/565/Wiebe-Education-2010.pdf?sequence=5
| title = Education and entrepreneurship: a personal journey.
| volume = 39
| number = 1
| publisher = Direction
| year = 2010
| author = Arthur J. Wiebe
| page = 93
| access-date = 2021-01-22
| quote = Silas Bartsch resigned as Superintendent of Kings River Unified School District to launch our professional development program. While its mission was to improve education in Valley schools, it also generated income that helped fund undergraduate education.
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{{cite news
| url = http://www.reedleyexponent.com/articles/2008/04/17/news/doc4806a18605a35092952665.txt
| title = Silas Bartsch School: Newest school honors oldest contributor
| work = Reedley Exponent
| author = Cheryl Lingo
| date = 2008-04-16
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201210055/http://www.reedleyexponent.com/articles/2008/04/17/news/doc4806a18605a35092952665.txt
| archive-date = 2013-02-01
| access-date = 2021-01-22
| url-status = dead
| quote = Returning to Reedley upon discharge, he graduated from Reedley College in 1949, attended Fresno State and San Jose State, and graduated from Chapman College in Los Angeles with a major in history and education.
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{{cite news
| url =
| title = The Making of a Distinctive Church College: The Fresno Pacific Model of Becoming 1960-2000
| author = Dalton Reimer
| publisher = Xlibris Corporation
| year = 2020
| isbn = 9781664125438
| quote =
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Category:Reedley College alumni
Category:California State University, Fresno alumni
Category:San Jose State University alumni
Category:People from Reedley, California
Category:Chapman University alumni
Category:Fresno Pacific University