Unit 4, Lesson 8: What did schools look like in the Bryn Mawr area between the early 1900s and 1943?

The Bryn Mawr School

In Bryn Mawr, the school board did not follow the California law. Before the Bryn Mawr segregated school was built students attended the Mission School. In 1904, a new version of Mission School was built for $15,000. Rather than demolish the entire original building to make room for the new one, the builders saved one building that had been built in 1885. The small building was used as a Sunday school. Later it was proposed that the site could become a school that would teach English to Spanish speaking students. In 1911, the Bryn Mawr School opened its doors to Mexican and Mexican American students who spoke Spanish. The Spanish school was built with $3,000. One teacher, Pauline Powers taught at the Bryn Mawr School, and three teachers taught at Mission School. 

3. Look at the two pictures of the schools in Bryn Mawr. The first image is of Mission School, the second is of Bryn Mawr School. What are the differences and similarities that you can see? 

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