LAKEPORT >> The Lake County Library’s free lecture series Know Lake County will feature Tony Pierucci, curator of the Lake County Museums, speaking about “Creation, Consolidation, Segregation: A History of Schools in Lake County.”
Pierucci will also present his new book “Lake County Schoolhouses,” the fourth Images of America book about Lake County from Arcadia. The program takes place on July 16 at 2 p.m. at the Lakeport branch of the Lake County Library.
Schools in Lake County often began as one-room buildings serving a handful of students and only went to the eighth grade. Before 1915 students who wanted a high school education attended Lakeport Academy or moved out of Lake County. Segregation entered the picture with the creation of separate facilities for Native American children, a practice that lasted until about 1930 in some districts.
Pierucci was hired as assistant curator for the Lake County Museums in 2014, and upon Linda Lake’s retirement in 2015, became curator of the museum system. This Stockton, California native grew up with an early appreciation for history that he brings to his profession.
Pierucci was educated at Gonzaga University and earned his master’s degree in art history and archaeology at the University of Missouri. He has a passion for finding unexplored areas of Lake County history and bringing them to the public through museum exhibits and publications.
Lake County PEG TV records the Know Lake County presentations for re-broadcast on PEG TV Channel 8 and on lakecountypegtv.org. The presentations are also available on DVD to check out from the Lake County Library.
The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at Facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary.
The library is located at 1425 N. High St. in Lakeport. For more information about Know Lake County and other library programs call 263-8817.
