400 Whispering Bay Lane | Suisun City, CA 94585

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According to the local historical society and Tim Farmer, history teacher and member of this society, Barton Store was the first building used for education in Suisun around 1869. Curry Grammar School was later built and dedicated to G.W. Crystal. Both of these early schools are reported to have been located at the current Crystal site. The Crystal building was expanded and the first local high school occupied a part of the building. However, due to funding problems the high school was closed. A new high school was built on the Crystal site in 1893. It was used until Armijo (which was located in the building that now houses the Fairfield courthouse) was built in 1915.

Crystal has since changed to house various grade levels. Most recently it became a middle school in 1991, under the leadership of Miss Lois Campbell (now Mrs. Lois Saunderman), Principal, and Lou Encalada, Assistant Principal.

Crystal's namesake was Mr. George W. Crystal, who was born in 1846 and lived in the Vacaville area for 21 years. During this time he was in the merchandising business, and also manager of a Vacaville bank. His son later went on to become a financial secretary in the United States Senate.

The staff and students are proud to have Mr. Dave Marshall, Principal, and Mrs. Stacy Burke, Assistant Principal, as our current leaders. Under their leadership and with the passage of a school bond in March of 2002, Crystal will be moving to a new site within three to five years. The new site will be where the current Crescent School is located.

Kristen Witt moves into the position of Principal of Crystal Middle School for 2011-2012 after serving as Assistant Principal at Crystal for the 2010-2011 school year. Kristen Witt is not new to Fairfield-Suisun; she has been with the district since 1998. Mrs. Witt is excited about the career move and has a clear vision for Crystal. The vision she has for Crystal Middle School comes from her heart. ALL students will become proficient in grade level content standards, ALL students will exemplify PRIDE, and ALL staff will hone their skills and become experts in their content areas. She sees this vision being attained by working as a cohesive staff, imploring discipline, perseverance, courage, understanding, patience, trust, and belief in one another.

Mrs. Witt’s Career Moves within FSUSD:

• Substitute teacher 1998
• 6 th grade teacher B. Gale Wilson 1998-2007
• Assistant Principal Rodriguez High School 2007-2010
• Assistant Principal Crystal Middle School 2010-2011

Crystal has a proud history and a promising future. With the dedication of a fine staff and the hard work of its outstanding students it will remain: Crystal Middle School, the pride of Suisun!