The Capay-Langville School operated from 1874 to 1980 and for nearly a century its bell summoned children to one of California’s longest existing schools located and functioning on the same site. Uniquely, the school’s basement served as a playroom during foul weather. In 1928, it unified with the Cadenasso School, another early-day grammar school district. Students learned and progressed through nine grades offered by the pre-Dewey educational system according to individual abilities. The school represented the hopes and trials of pioneers and immigrants in building the West and providing an education for their children.