May says that the children then were better behaved and the community provided strong support to the school in their midst. The first school was on Felton Empire Rd in the late 1800s near the cemetery. Then it was over to “the flat” and took up the whole block where Vista Foods, the Hall and the fire station are now. There is a picture of the first school in the article. That school burned down in 1906 possible due to chimney damage from the 1906 earthquake. It was rebuilt in 1908 with a similar layout.