Alvord Unified School District
Mission:
Our mission is to prepare our students with the skills and abilities necessary to become successful and contributing members of society. In partnership with students, parents and community, we will provide our students a superior education within a safe and secure environment.
History:
The Alvord Unified School District has an interesting history full of facts and events leading up to today. In the 1880’s, an earlier school district, called La Sierra, served families along the southeasterly side of the river until the courts ruled the homestead claims to be part of the land grant rancho and the settlers were forced to move. The Magnolia School District opened in 1882 and was located in the Arlington business district.
On February 5, 1896 , they opened a second school site, named Alvord, in conjunction with the city’s proposed plans for the new “Alvord Townsite”. However, when the City of Riverside filed their City Charter in 1907, the “Townsite of Alvord” was not recognized. Perhaps to appease the Alvord area citizens, on July 1, 1908 , the Riverside County Board of Trustees established the Alvord School District which included much of the Magnolia School District area as well as the La Sierra Sepulveda Rancho. In December of 1908, a separatist sentiment had already started growing in the Alvord area, stirred by the non-existence of the long awaited “Townsite of Alvord”. Once the voters in the Alvord area became aware of the city’s plans to combine the four lower school districts into one large school district, this ultimately resulted in the Alvord area officially separating from the City of Riverside .
This official separation occurred when the citizens, although associated with the City of Riverside since 1883, chose to vote themselves, along with the Alvord School District , out of the city limits in December of 1908. The overlooked “Town of Alvord ” was determined to make it alone and this made a strong statement of their independence from the City of Riverside.
