An Oral History Archive for the City of Santa Clara, California - Lawrence Curtis/Mary and Vangie Botello

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Campbell, Ronald Botello, Mary Botello, Vangie Curtis, Lawrence C

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(SIDE 1) CURTIS, Lawrence C. 934 Hilmar Street, Santa Clara, 296-5095. Mr. Curtis was superintendent of Jefferson School District from 1932 until its assimilation into the Santa Clara Union School District in 1966. He then served as the new district superintendent until his retirement in 1970. August 12, 1974. Santa Clara elementary school systems (1932). The high school. The Jefferson School District: its origins, duties of the principal or superintendent, its curriculum, the teachers (N.B.: a loud aircraft noise blocks out Mr. Curtis’ statement that he was the only male on the Jefferson faculty when he came), similarities with the other area school districts, disciplinary problems, overage elementary students, teacher training and qualifications, teacher salaries, “bidding” for teacher jobs (circa Depression), teachers in the Depression, ethnic background of students and of teachers, attitudes of the parents towards education, harvest and the start of the school year, number of students who went on to high school, his job, free lunch program in the Depression, private funding for this program, tightening of the school funds (Thirties), the school board, public apathy concerning school board meetings (pre-Fifties), what if you held a school board election (and nobody voted)?. Social life(Thirties): recreation, clubs, the Greater Santa Clara Club, the Rotary Club. College town: effect of the university on local school districts, San Jose Normal School. The Portuguese fiesta. Local politics: “saloon politics”, change in city political balance (Fifties), popular interest in City Council. Effects of World War II: deportation of the Japanese, purchase of...

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