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Shafter High School Opens After Bus Frustrations
In 1928 Shafter built its own high school after residents rejected the long bus ride to Bakersfield. W B Camp and local leaders rallied support, securing endorsements from Judge T N Harvey and Bakersfield editor Alfred Harrell. The bond passed, and Shafter High opened as classes began in a temporary site with about fifty students and two teachers, while the new building was under construction.
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Shafter High School
Shafter
Richland
Bakersfield
Kern County High School
Wasco
W.B. Camp
Shafter Agricultural Experiment Station
Kern County High School, Board of Trustees
Herman Spindt
Spindt
E.B
Stringham
Herbert Midgely
Kern County Recorder
Clarence Campbell
King Lumber Company
Carl Melcher
McFarland
Camp
Melcher
Board of Trustees
T.N. Harvey
Judge Harvey
Alfred Harrell
Bakersfield Californian
Californian
Mr. Harrell
Harvey
Oildale
Shafter and
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Shafter Woman
California Taxpayers Association
C.H. Biggar
Union Congregational Church
James Street
California
Sunset
Shafter Woman’s Club
American Legion
Rollin
Oracle
Kern County
Shafter Branch
Bill