- City:
- Pasadena, CA
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a school building and improved the grounds at Field Elementary School in Pasadena, CA.
The 1933 Long Beach earthquake necessitated the rehabilitation of 27 schools in the Pasadena Unified School District at a total cost of ~$3.3 million. Grants from the Public Works Administration (PWA) financed 27% (~$900,000) of the rehabilitation; the sale of school bonds covered 40% (~$1.3 million); and Pasadena tax revenues made up the final 33% (~$1 million). The funding was split between elementary and high schools, with elementary schools receiving 42% (~$1.4 million) of the total budget and high schools the remaining 58% (~$1.9 million).
Source notes
Donald H. Connolly and G. I. Farman, Report of Accomplishment of the Operations Division, Works Progress Administration, Southern California, January 1, 1939.
81 Years of Public Education in Pasadena: Superintendent’s Annual Report Pasadena City Schools, June 1955.
Site originally submitted by Shaina Potts on August 25, 2008.
Additional contributions by Lauren Davies.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|
| $84,458 | $37,263 | $121,721 |
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