Crystal Middle School is a middle school

Middle school

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 located in Suisun City

Suisun City, California

Suisun City is a city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 28,111 at the 2010 census. The city takes its name from the adjacent Suisun Bay, which in turn is named for the Suisunes, a Native American tribe of the area.-Geography:...

, California

California

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, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento

Sacramento, California

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The school has over 700 students in grades 6-8.

History

Barton Store was the first building used for education in Suisun City around 1869. Curry Grammar School was later built and dedicated to local businessman George W. Crystal. Both of these early schools are reported to have been located at the current Crystal Middle School site. The Crystal building was expanded and the first local high school

High school

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 occupied a part of the building. However, due to funding problems the high school was closed. A new high school was built on the Crystal site in 1893. It was used until Armijo High School

Armijo High School

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 (which was located in the building that now houses the Fairfield courthouse) was built in 1915.

Crystal Middle School is named for George W. Crystal, who was born in 1846 and lived in the Vacaville

Vacaville, California

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 area for 21 years. During this time, he was in the merchandising business, and also manager of a Vacaville bank. His son later went on to become a financial secretary in the United States Senate

United States Senate

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