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Centered at the junction of the California Central rails and the Central Pacific Railway and named for the abundant wildflowers in the area, the town of Roseville formed a school district in 1869 but had no schoolhouse of its own until 1872. A small, one-room school set the district back $1,688 followed by a brick building in 1879, those structures serving nearly 500 school-aged children until 1910 when the Roseville Heights and Vernon Street schools opened. In 1912 the Roseville High School District was organized with classes held at a commercial building and in 1916 Roseville Unified High School’s imposing main building opened for instruction. A population boom necessitated the opening of Oakmont High School in 1966 and marked the end for the grand old “high school on the hill” when it was decided to raze rather than renovate the venerable structure.
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