Shauna Lund

The year was 1926. School libraries needed books. Orchestras were being formed in schools, but needed instruments. Sports teams were looking for more equipment. And the PTA wanted hot lunch served in schools.

The drawback? No funding for all of the requests.

Ever since the Davis School District was formed on July 17, 1911, funding from state and local taxes, bonds and other sources has not covered the various needs of schools. In an effort to supplement that funding, schools and teachers have learned to be creative in their efforts to provide more microscopes, purchase art supplies and make their classrooms a better learning environment.

From raising funds for war memorials to participating in American Junior Red Cross clubs, students even in the early days of the Davis School District felt the impact of war.

Those associations with war continue today as students write letters to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, collect supplies for members of the military to distribute overseas, and watch parents and teachers deploy.

School buildings have come a long way since the days of one-room schoolhouses.

However, the objective remains the same — learning comes first within the walls of each of the 86 schools within the Davis School District. In fact, today’s schools are built to provide a better educational environment.

In the early 1900s, Davis County began looking at a consolidated local school district. With that movement, there was also a push to convert from one-room schoolhouses to larger schools where students could be separated by grades.