From Cows to Scots: How a Belmont Ranch Became Carlmont High School

Before Carlmont High School — The Bourdette ranch and orchard, looking north. The Bourdette family home once stood on the property where Carlmont High School is located today. Courtesy of the Belmont Historical Society.

Carlmont High School began on former Belmont ranchland and opened its campus in 1953. Here’s how San Carlos and Belmont became “Carlmont”—and why its students became the Scots.

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