Celebrating our 175 years: Education

ouse The research of education in Yorktown is quite long. But it was important from the very beginning when the first settlers arrived. In 1852, the county court appointed Robert Kleberg as commissioner to contract the surveying of public school lands. In mid-December 1853, the Masonic lodge received a memorial to take action for formation of a school. The school was opened as the C.L. Academy. …