From the book , '' Images of an Age '' : " Community members tried unsuccessfully to form a high school district as early as 1889 . At the time , families sent their sons to Santa Clara or Stockton to schools beyond eighth grade . Daughters went to San Jose , if they went at all . Then , on June 6 , 1899 , Lee Beal , a Jefferson Colony Farmer , and John Rutledge , a Clovis millman , led seven school districts to join in formation of one high school district . Each of the seven elected one trustee to the board . The school was named Clovis High School , although it was the union of Red Banks , Jefferson Colony , Garfield Colony , Mississippi Settlement , Wolters Colony , Temperance Colony , and Clovis . Seventeen high school students enrolled in classes at the Clovis school . Louis K. Webb , principal and teacher , received $ 120 per month . Estelle Kellogg joined the staff in September . Two students , Emory Reyburn and R.E.L. Browne , graduated in the first class of 1902 . A separate Clovis High School was financed by bonds in 1903 , east of the railroad track between Fourth and Fifth Streets . It was replaced in 1918 . " === In 1920 , Clovis High School moved into new facilities on Fifth Street built by William Weeks . The High School remained in that building until 1969 , when it moved to its current facilities on Fowler Avenue . The building on Fifth Street gradually fell into a state of disrepair , despite its historical significance for the Clovis Community . This unique building had churrigueresque arches which were patterned after the detailed baroque architecture of Spain in the late 17th and early 18th centuries . These arches were taken down by State mandate after the 1952 Kern County earthquake for safety reasons . In 1995 , San Joaquin College of Law met with city leaders and negotiated a deal to bring the Law School , which was founded in 1969 , to Clovis from its Fresno site . This resulted in a multimillion-dollar renovation which not only preserved the historic exterior of the building , but also preserved and reclaimed many of its unique and historic interior features
1952 Kern County earthquake
1952 Kern County earthquake
Clovis High School (Clovis, California)