Paulding Middle School
| Paulding Middle School | |
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| Location | |
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600 Crown Hill Street Arroyo Grande, CA 93420-2869 San Luis Obispo County United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°02′59″N 120°29′13″W / 35.0497°N 120.4869°WCoordinates: 35°02′59″N 120°29′13″W / 35.0497°N 120.4869°W |
| Information | |
| School type | RegularPublic Secondary |
| Established | 1967 |
| Founder | Ruth Paulding |
| Status | Currently operational |
| Locale | Town: Fringe (31) |
| School board | Lucia Mar Unified School District board of education |
| School district | Lucia Mar Unified School District |
| NCES District ID | 0623080 |
| NCES School ID | 062308003528 |
| Principal | Edward Arrigoni |
| Teaching staff | 26.00 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 7–8 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Enrollment | 642 (see below) (2009–2010) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 24.69 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) |
Green Gold |
| Mascot | Patriot |
| Newspaper | News on The Daily Bulletin (local Public-access television cable TV through Paulding only) |
| Website | lmusd |
Paulding Middle School (formerly the Arroyo Grande Union High School) was originally the first high school built in the area in 1906. Decades later, the school became the lower school that fed into the new high school. Currently, the school is one of three middle schools in the Lucia Mar Unified School District teaching about 625 students in grades 7 and 8. Paulding has been designated a California Distinguished School four times
Arroyo Grande high school students originally met for classes in the original grammar school building in town. The grammar school moved to a different location, and the high school students moved with it. Later, the students met in the Good Samaritan Hall on Branch Street while the first dedicated high school building was built. In 1907 the students were able to move into the new wooden building at the top of Crown Hill.
This was the first high school built in the area between San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria. Ten years later, the wooden building was replaced by a larger brick building. Over the next two decades, a shop building, a tennis court, and hot air heating were added. In 1939, the Works Progress Administration built the gymnasium that is still in use today.
Several years later, the student body again outgrew the capacity of the school. A much larger high school was built to the southwest of the original campus, and it assumed the name of Arroyo Grande High School. The original school became the Ruth Paulding Junior High School that fed the new high school. In the early 1990s, the school was renamed to Ruth Paulding Middle School, though it continues to teach only grades 7 and 8 (unlike Mesa Middle School, which also includes grade 6).
As the function of the school changed, the school went through several name changes. These include Arroyo Grande High School, Arroyo Grande Union High School, Arroyo Grande Lower School, Crown Hill, Ruth Paulding Junior High School, and currently Ruth Paulding Middle School. Students and other locals usually refer to the school as "Paulding Middle School" or simply "Paulding".
The curriculum requires four quarters of Advisory, Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Physical Education, Science, and grade-specific electives.
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