Cubberley Community Center known locally as "Cubberley", is a community center in
Palo Alto, California
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that has been in operation since 1990.
It is housed on the campus of the former
Ellwood P. Cubberley High School.
Space is available for rent by the hour, either one-time or on a regular basis for community related meetings, seminars, social events, dances, theatre performances, music rehearsals and athletic events.
History
The Ellwood P. Cubberley High School opened in the Fall of 1956 and closed in 1979, as a result of budget cuts from
California Proposition 13 (1978)
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.
Cubberley High School is perhaps best known as the setting of
Ron Jones' 1967 social experiment
The Third Wave, helping to teach Fascism. The high school was named after
Ellwood P. Cubberley, an influential authority in the development of institutionalized education.
The 35-acre property belongs to the
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD), and is leased to the City of Palo Alto.
The larger remainder of this site, (approx. 39,000 square feet) was leased since 2002 to the Foothill-De Anza College District for the Middlefield Campus of
Foothill College
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, a local community college.
However, in 2016 this campus moved to Sunnyvale and with the loss of Foothill College as a tenent, this opened up more rentable space for other community-based organizations.
The site boasts a track, a grassy school "amphitheater," and a gym, now used as sites for public running, recreation, and community athletics respectively.
Cubberley Community Center has been home to local interest organizations including; a ballroom dancing club, child care services, senior center, wildlife rescue organization, Palo Alto Vineyard Church, a
Chinese
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**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
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reading room, kung fu classes, karate lessons, private artist studios, L’Ecole de Danse, the
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
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and many more
The Friends of the Palo Alto Libraryholds used book sales at Cubberley on the second Saturday of every month and the following Sunday, at three locations on campus.
The Cubberley Community Center once hosted rock shows by local bands and touring artists including
Buffalo Springfield
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,
Santana
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,
William Penn and His Pals
William Penn Fyve were a garage rock group from Palo Alto, California who recorded the psychedelic classic "Swami". Their membership included Gregg Rolie and Mickey Hart.
Background
The group started out in late 1964 at the College of San Mateo ...
,
Cake
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,
Third Eye Blind
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,
blink-182
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, Daniel Tsai Band, and
Frank Black
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.
References
External links
Cubberley Community Center website
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Palo Alto Unified School District
Community centers in California
Buildings and structures in Palo Alto, California