AJR101,1,42 Whereas, following the establishment of a union high school district in 1858,
3the first classes at Fond du Lac High School were taught by Edwin Johnson and M.
4S. Merrill in January 1859; and

AJR101,1,75 Whereas, the first Fond du Lac graduating class — the Class of 1860 — was
6made up of four students: Isa Mather, Emma Jane Ward, Kate Frame, and Kelsey
7Adams; and

AJR101,1,108 Whereas, after several years of occupying rented facilities around the city, Fond
9du Lac High School in 1865 moved into a permanent building, which burned to the
10ground in 1868 and was replaced in 1873; and

AJR101,1,1411 Whereas, in 1922 a new high school building was dedicated that would serve
12the district for almost 80 years; it was renamed L. P. Goodrich High School in 1955,
13in memory of a longtime Fond du Lac school superintendent who had later served as
14the Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent; and

AJR101,2,2

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1Whereas, the most recent incarnation of Fond du Lac High School opened for
2classes at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year; and

AJR101,2,53 Whereas, distinguished graduates of Goodrich or Fond du Lac High School over
4the years include former Governor Scott McCallum, former Attorney General Peggy
5A. Lautenschlager, and U.S. Representative Thomas E. Petri; and

AJR101,2,76 Whereas, Fond du Lac High School is celebrating 150 years of academic
7excellence and service to the Fond du Lac community; now, therefore, be it