Principal's Message > History of Allen School
The history of Allen school and its service to San Bruno can be traced
back to 1910 with the foundation of Edgemont School. Old Edgemont School
opened in 1910 on the site of the current district offices.
New Edgemont School at Angus and Elm opened in 1941 with nine classrooms.
Six more classrooms were added in 1946. The offices, cafeteria and kindergarten
(now the Media Center) were added in 1956 when the school was renamed
in honor of Decima M. Allen.
Decima M. Allen was San Bruno's librarian from 1937 to 1955 as well
as a 25-year member of the school board and president of the Edgemont
PTA. She assumed the library when it operated from a notions store at
549 Easton and was responsible for its transition to a modern library,
retiring shortly after assisting with the move to the current site.
She passed away in August 1974 in Riverside.