SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT AT THE RIGGS HOME RANCH FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN ARIZONA TERRITORY BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY.

SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT AT EL DORADO IN THE RIGGS SETTLEMENT FOR RIGGS FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS. THIS WAS THE SECOND SCHOOLHOUSE BUILT IN ARIZONA TERRITORY BY THE BRANNICK RIGGS FAMILY.

A board of education (or school board) is a locally elected, or appointed, governing body responsible for overseeing a school district's operations. They provide a crucial link between the community and the school. They determine policy to be followed by the district, oversee funding, establish academic standards, hire superintendents, oversee the hiring of personnel and ensure a quality education.

Education has always been important to the members of the Brannick Riggs Family. Over the years family members have served on school boards in the various communities where they lived as follows:

Brannick Benjamin Riggs El Dorado School District 1899

Thomas Jefferson Riggs Bowie School District

Paul Riggs Elfrida School District

John B. Riggs St. Gregory College Preparatory School 1995-1996

James Riggs Willcox School District

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS