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%» ' the history of fullerton high scljool Fullerton Union High School has not reached its present status without some mis- fortunes,- Just as the new building on West Commonwealth Avenue was being com- pleted, the other building was destroyed by fire. For the remainder of the year 1910- U, high school was held in tents aipd in- the new building. ' . ' • The school board f cdd the fact that the school faqllities on West Commonwealth Avenue would be in,adequat for fhe stu- dents enrolling in September, 1911. They . realized that the number of students e n- rolled in the high chool had been increas- ing rapidly aijd that It would be only a short time until the campus wodild have to be enlarged. It was decided that a much larger tract of land should be selected for a group of permanent buildings. The seven teen-acre tract of land v hich was finally chosen for the nev campus of the high school was situatec4 where the Fullerton Union h igh School and Junior College now stand. In 1912 fifteen acres were purchased by the school and two and one-half acres were donated. This tract of land was bounded . by Chapman, Pomona, hlarvard , Avenues, and art alley lying close ?o what •23
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is now LJnlon Avenue. In 1919 another pur- chase of land was made which extended the campus to the Pacific Electric tr.acks. ■ ? present the Campus consists of pproxi- - - mately twenty-three acres. • When the classes of the high school were resum ' ed In September, 19-11, they were held In five cottages and the remaining building on the old site. During that year, a group of eleven permanent buildings was constructed on thp seventeen-acre tract %f land and were known as J-he commercial building, the physical science building, the study hall, the history and fangtfage build- ing, the English building, the mathematics building, the auditorium, the pump Jiouse, the boiler house, and the gymnaslunrt. .. fr 4 V, ? 24 • • '
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