Crestmoor High School opened in San Bruno, California in September 1962 to relieve congestion at Capuchino High School and Mills High School. It was the seventh high school to be built by the San Mateo Union High School District, based in San Mateo, California. Construction began in 1960 on a graded plateau in the Crestmoor district of San Bruno and took about two years to complete. The school underwent recent construction demolition in Dec. of 2024, approximately. The buildings, which were similar in design to those of Aragon High School, Hillsdale High School, and Mills High School, were constructed mostly of steel and glass, featuring expansion systems to provide earthquake resistance. The school, and its similarly designed schools, have been designed in an architectural style described as "postwar techno-optimism".[1] The school was closed in 1980.[2]

Field Area:The schools Baseball and Football/Track fields are still open to the public, and are currently partly maintained by San Mateo County School District. The track is one of the last dirt tracks you can run on. The fields are enjoyed by youth soccer teams, who maintain it.

The view from the school site takes in the East Bay and South San Francisco to San Mateo.

Closing

See also: List of closed secondary schools in California

Declining student enrollment in the San Mateo Union High School District prompted the school board to consider closing a school in the fall of 1980. The final choice came down to Burlingame High School or Crestmoor. In the vote, the board decided to close Crestmoor despite Crestmoor's having a larger enrollment than Burlingame and being a newer facility with lower operating and maintenance costs than several district schools. The 1,500-student facility was closed in 1980, relieving the school district of construction debt.[3][4] The library was sold to the El Dorado Union High School District in 1980 and installed at Oak Ridge High School after being reduced by approximately 1⁄3 to 14,500 books due to duplication.[5] Some of the buildings were later used for the district's continuation high school, Peninsula High School,[6] and the campus also served as an overflow trial venue for a lawsuit filed by insurance companies in San Mateo County Superior Court against Shell Oil Company to cover the cost of cleaning up pesticide contamination at Rocky Mountain Arsenal in 1988.[7]

The San Mateo Union High School District board decided that sale of the campus would help alleviate a major financial shortfall. The proposed sale of the campus was opposed by San Bruno residents.[8] Until 2021, the facility housed San Mateo Union High School District's continuation/alternative high school, Peninsula High School;[6][9] culminating a yearslong process, in 2020, San Mateo Union High School District officials agreed to sell the former Crestmoor High School campus in San Bruno to D.R. Horton for as much as $125 million.[10] The sale closed in 2025 for $86 million.[11]

Notable alumni

  • Paul Cayard, Class of 1977. Americas Cup Skipper. Elected to the Sailing World Hall of Fame 2002[12][13]

Faculty

References

  1. ^ Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny; Beth A. Armstrong (January 2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area. Gibbs Smith. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4.
  2. ^ Horgan, John (May 11, 2008). "Former Crestmoor High School has sat badly underused". Inside Bay Area. San Mateo County Times. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Bishop, Shaun (November 24, 2010). "Crestmoor school debate not over". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "School Woes — They're Felt Everywhere". Napa Valley Register. August 7, 1980. Retrieved February 17, 2025. In the San Mateo Union High School District, officials estimate that they will save $400,000 the first year and $600,000 annually thereafter by a decision to close Crestmoor High School this year.
  5. ^ "A Few Surprises Found: Library At Oak Ridge Now Open". Folsom Telegraph. February 25, 1981. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "A Brief History of Peninsula High School". Peninsula High School. San Mateo Union High School District. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  7. ^ "Jury tells Shell: Clean up pollution". The Press Democrat. Associated Press. December 20, 1988. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  8. ^ Murtagh, Heather (February 3, 2010). "Residents rally around school site". The Daily Journal. San Mateo. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  9. ^ Morgan, John (October 1, 2013). "John Horgan: 45 years ago, a Crestmoor High School highlight". Mercury News. San Jose. San Mateo County Times. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  10. ^ Walsh, Austin (December 19, 2020). "Crestmoor campus sold for $125 million in San Bruno". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  11. ^ Mata, Ana (February 15, 2025). "$86M Crestmoor sale is finalized in San Bruno". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  12. ^ "Olympics/Paralympics 2004". United States Sailing Association. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
  13. ^ Rick Eymer (April 6, 2001). "Aragon High Trio Snaps San Mateo Swimmers' Streak". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 17, 2009.

Further reading

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