[7] The first school opened in San Marino, California on September 9, 1917 at the 'Old Mayberry Home'.
[8] The small school had thirty-five students and three teachers, teaching from kindergarten to 8th grade.
[9] This led to San Marino residents voting to secede from South Pasadena Unified School District to form SMUSD in 1951.
[9] South Pasadena residents subsequently approved the funding in 1954 but the decision to form SMUSD was already made.
[9] San Marino Unified School District's Board of Education members are elected at-large and to a four-year term.