District Timeline
1931 – The District name “Grant” was chosen in honor of the Ben Ali Haggin land grant, when the famous racing stables were located in the area.
1932 – Grant Union High School opens and adopts the team name Pacers in honor of the horse racing heritage of the area
1939 – The Grant Wurlitzer organ was heard on-air for the first time, played by Grant alumnus George Wright, who would become the most famous theatre organist of the modern era.
1955 - Norte Del Rio High School opens
1958 – Highlands High School opens.
1962 – Rio Linda High School opens.
1965 – Foothill High School opens.
2002 – Grant Union High School’s Criminal Justice Academy wins a Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association in the School to Career category.
2003 – Grant District teacher Virginia Avila is named one of the California Teachers of the Year and goes on to represent the state for the 2003 National Teacher of the Year competition.
2004 – The new Foothill High School stadium opens.
2005 – Grant District Superintendent Dr. Larry Buchanan is named California’s Superintendent of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators.
2006 – The Rio Linda High School Aquatic Complex opens.
2007 - Measure B passes, merging Grant with Rio Linda, North Sacramento and Del Paso Heights school districts into the Twin Rivers Unified School District.
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