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The Sixties
A heated political atmosphere sparked by the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War and nationwide race riots characterized the sixties. Both students and employee groups were involved in teach-ins, protests and activism. The Baby Boom Generation brought a dramatic increase to enrollment and the country made significant steps toward diversification in schools.
An emphasis on active student involvement, individualized instruction and updating the education program led to many pilot and experimental programs in San Diego. In an era of increased immigration and changing civil rights, the Board of Education approved approximately 50 intra-district transfer students each fall in an effort to improve racial and ethnic balances. This decade was also characterized by significant changes in educational legislation and the addition of 40 new schools, including 25 new elementary schools.
| 1960 | 122,806 students attend 124 district schools, including a junior college, 9 high schools, 1 junior-senior high, 13 junior-highs, 95 elementary schools and 5 adult schools. Enrollment includes 98,123 in Grades K-12. |
| 1961 | California's Mentally Gifted Minors legislation passes. San Diego's research and success with its gifted (GATE) program provides the model for much of this legislation. |
| The 1957 curriculum guide is declared obsolete, and a new version, "A Digest of the Secondary School Curriculum," is adopted and used through 1972. | |
| 1962 | Plans for a massive Park Avenue physical education-recreation complex including six sports fields are underway. |
| 1963 | President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. |
| 1964 | Proposition E passes, providing for an increased property tax election in support of district schools. |
| 1965 | The Winton Act passes, providing for deliberation between school boards and unions on all matters relating to employment conditions and employer-employee relations. |
| 1967 | The Carlin court case pushes toward greater ethnic balance in San Diego City Schools. |
| 1968 | The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 provides federal funding to encourage local school districts to incorporate native-language bilingual instruction. |
| The Miller Education Act provides greater flexibility for modifying the district's curricular and educational program to meet the needs and abilities of individual students. | |
| The California Teachers Association (CTA) lifts their ban on teacher strikes, enabling the union's teachers to strike. | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. is slain in Memphis in April. | |
| 1969 | Following a vote for sanctions against the district, teachers in the San Diego Teachers Union vote to withdraw voluntary services. The district responds by issuing an "Extra Duty" Guide outlining services required of teachers. In the heated months to follow, a teachers' union "professional day of protest" is narrowly avoided by a restraining order issued by the Superior Court. |
| 1970 | The first African-American high school principal in SDCS, Dr. Ernest Hartzog, is appointed to Lincoln High School, following a massive student walkout. |
School Openings
Except where noted, all are elementary schools.
| Edward F. Beale - name approved by Board 4/6/54. Records show school did open 9/13/54, but no information is available as to whether it was an elementary, junior or senior high school. |
| Charles Wakefield Cadman - name approved by Board 9/20/55; opened for classes 12/3/56 |
| George Washington Carver - name approved by Board 5/18/54; opened for classes 9/12/55 |
| Clairemont Sr. High - name approved by Board 4/22/58; opened for classes 11/58 |
| Henry Clay - name approved by Board 1/24/56; opened for classes 9/11/56 |
| Grover Cleveland - name approved by Board 1/24/56; opened for classes 2/21/56 |
| D.C. Collier Jr. High - name approved by Board 3/19/57, opened for classes 9/15/58 |
| Will C. Crawford Sr. High - name approved by Board 9/20/55; opened for classes 7/10/57 |
| Ellwood P. Cubberley - name approved by Board 7/2/57; opened for classes 1/19/59 |
| Stephen Decatur - name approved by Board 6/17/58; opened for classes 9/14/59 |
| Colonel Ed Fletcher - name approved by Board 6/24/58; opened for classes 9/12/60 |
| John F. Forward - name approved by Board 4/11/59; opened for classes 3/28/60 |
| Stephen Collins Foster - name approved by Board 12/7/54; opened for classes 3/30/55 |
| Elizabeth Freese - name approved by Board 4/21/59; opened for classes 12/9/59 |
| Mildred L. Hale Jr. High - name approved by Board 11/18/58; opened for classes 9/59 |
| Edward L. Hardy - name approved by Board 9/20/55; opened for classes 9/11/56 |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne - name approved by Board 3/19/57; opened for classes 9/10/57 |
| Phoebe A. Hearst - name approved by Board 1/24/56; opened for classes 2/2/59 |
| Alonzo E. Horton - name approved by Board 3/19/57; opened for classes 9/58 |
| Henry C. Johnson - name approved by Board 3/19/57; opened for classes 12/12/57 |
| John Paul Jones - name approved by Board 1/24/56; opened for classes 12/12/57 |
| Harley E. Knox - name approved by Board 10/23/56; opened for classes 2/25/57 |
| Robert E. Lee - name approved by Board 7/2/57; opened for classes 1/12/59 |
| Harvey L. Lewis Jr. Jr. High - name approved by Board 2/26/57; opened for classes 1/12/59 |
| John Marshall - name approved by Board 9/20/55; opened for classes 11/28/57 |
| John G. Marvin - name approved by Board 9/20/55; opened for classes 9/56 |
| Francis Mead - name approved by Board 4/21/59; opened for classes 9/12/60 |
| Mabel E. O'Farrell Jr. High - name approved by Board 12/3/57; opened for classes 9/14/59 |
| Paul Revere - name approved by Board 7/2/57; opened for classes 11/3/58 |
| James Whitcomb Riley - name approved by Board 3/19/57; opened for classes 9/59 |
| Pete W. Ross - name approved by Board 12/3/57; opened for classes 9/14/59 |
| Stephan Rowan - name approved by Board 5/18/54; opened for classes 9/12/55 |
| Sequoia - name approved by Board 4/21/59; opened for classes 2/15/60 |
| Kate Sessions - name approved by Board 5/18/54; opened for classes 1/3/56 |
| William P. Toler - name approved by Board 7/2/57; opened for classes 11/22/57 |
| Noah Webster - name approved by Board 4/6/54; opened for classes 3/30/55 |
| Harry M. Wegeforth - name approved by Board 3/19/57; opened for classes 121/8/57 |
| Walt Whitman - name approved by Board 1/24/56; opened for classes 11/6/58 |
| Kate Douglas Wiggin - name approved by Board 7/2/57; opened for classes 1/8/59 |
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