Herbert W Robinson Elementary history

In 1860, the first public schoolhouse was built.

In 1888, the Robinson Grade School was built for $600.

In 1911, the city’s students moved to the Daugherty Brothers office building at Marine and Ocean and later to the basement of the community church on Highland Avenue.

The city of Manhattan Beach, which had previously been under the umbrella of the city of Los Angeles, was incorporated in December 1912.

The first trustees of the Manhattan Beach City School District were elected by the people on April 4, 1913.

For the first time since 1916, Robinson students did not attend school at that site near the corner of Old Robinson Road and West Lyndale.

Robinson Elementary School opened in the fall of 1930.

Doctor Robinson married the former Miss Blanche Grogan on June 5, 1938.

Grand View opened its doors for the fall term of 1939.

In October 1946, the board began planning for additional school sites and administrative facilities.

Until Mira Costa High School was built in 1950, the students attended Redondo’s high school.

The Robinson Grade School was becoming crowded, so in 1951, an addition was built.

On three separate occasions, beginning in 1964, initiatives to unify the Manhattan Beach elementary schools with area high schools were placed before the community for vote.

She was named as the director of health services in 1973 while serving as the school nurse for Jersey Village.

In 1974, she became the full-time director of health services.

Robinson Elementary School opened in 1988, serving grades three through five.

By the 1990’s, the newly minted Manhattan Beach Unified School District realized the need to relieve overcrowding within the District as well as modernize their existing schools, most of which were already nearing the half-century mark.

Finally in November of 1992, Proposition V was approved by the voters; and a split unification of the South Bay Union High School District was enacted, creating both Redondo Beach Unified School District and Manhattan Beach Unified School District.

The voters of Manhattan Beach approved Measure A in 1996, by two-thirds required margin, for $47.3 million for these much-needed improvements.

The City of Manhattan Beach approved Measure M in 2000 in the amount of $26 million.

Eleven years later (2001), RISD opened two new campuses.

In 2008, the residents of Manhattan Beach approved Measure BB for $67.5 million with 62% of the votes.

In 2014, Robinson partnered with KECC to open the Robinson Pre-School classroom which welcomes four year olds for their important year before Kindergarten.

On November 8, 2016, the voters of Manhattan Beach approved two bond measures.