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Jefferson City Public Schools company history timeline

1866

On January 14, 1866, Lincoln Institute was formally established under an organization committee.

On September 17, 1866, the school opened its doors to the first class in an old frame building in Jefferson City.

1870

In 1870, the school began to receive aid from the state of Missouri for teacher training.

1871

In 1871, Lincoln Institute moved to the present campus.

1879

Lincoln Institute formally became a state institution in 1879 with the deeding of the property to the state.

1890

Under the second Morrill Act of 1890, Lincoln became a land grant institution, and the following year industrial and agricultural courses were added to the curriculum.

1926

The Jefferson City Junior College had its debut "open house" on April 3, 1926, with construction costs of nearly $300,000.

1940

Graduate instruction was begun in the summer session of 1940, with majors in education and history and minors in English, history, and sociology.

1946

Martin Institute, the world’s first publicly endowed secondary school, became Jefferson High School in 1946.

1964

The current high school building opened on January 22, 1964 and houses 9th-12th graders.

1983

The Jefferson School system Foundation was chartered in 1983 as a partial response to the advancing ages of many of Jefferson’s most ardent supporters and benefactors.

1984

At the passing of Morris Bryan in late 1984, many gifts were bequeathed to the Foundation, thus creating the corpus of the fund whereby its activities are possible.

2005

The renovated Miller Performing Arts Center opened October 5, 2005.

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