Bayless Schools 150 Year Celebration
  • The Beginning 1868-1909
  • Samuel M. Bayless
  • Bayless School District Facts
  • Vintage Bayless Signage Announcements
  • 1920's
  • 1930's
  • 1940's
  • 1950's
  • 1960's
  • 1970's
  • 1980's
  • 1990's
  • 2000's
  • 2011-2018
  • The Beginning 1868-1909
  • Samuel M. Bayless
  • Bayless School District Facts
  • Vintage Bayless Signage Announcements
  • 1920's
  • 1930's
  • 1940's
  • 1950's
  • 1960's
  • 1970's
  • 1980's
  • 1990's
  • 2000's
  • 2011-2018
Bayless Schools
4530 Weber Road
Saint Louis, Missouri 63123
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Violet C. Bascom
First Superintendent of Bayless Schools

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Brinkman Farm-Location of what is now Bayless High School.

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The above ad picture is from the company
who did the electric work for the new high school.
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Hugo E. Beck
​1946-1964

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​Gene Church
​1960-1965

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George Baxter
​1966-1986


​10/19/1868
Land purchased from Cornelia Forman for $250 for one acre of land
3/29/1901
Bond  Issue - $3,000 to build a school / Passed
5/13/1909
Bond $10,000 to build a new school house with furnishing; 
Vote: Yes-32; No-47 / Defeated
5/26/1909
Proposition to borrow $15,000 to build two school houses. 
Election held / Defeated
7/1/1910
Named Bayless Consolidated School District becomes official name.
6/6/1912
Proposal for $18,000 to build a two or three-room schoolhouse.
Proposal passed
6/30/1912
School district divided into three wards. (Ward 1, Ward 2 and Ward 3)
8/27/1912
Construction bid made for two schoolhouses at $9,625.
4/24/1915
Bond issue for $8,000 to build and furnish a four-room schoolhouse in
 Ward 2 / Defeated
1917
Violet C. Bascom hired as 8th Grade school teacher.
11/3/1930
Motion to have four grades of high school / Passed
12/2/1930
Violet C. Bascom appointed as 
Superintendent of Schools.
4/12/1932
The district employed 17 faculty members. The superintendent’s salary was $225 per month.
11/2/1933
Proposal to erect new school / Passed
6/25/1934
Bids made for construction of a new high school near Central School.
2/6/1940
Public address system added.
6/23/1941
Construction of stone wall at the athletic field completed - $2,600.
1945
Violet C. Bascom retires as superintendent.
2/11/46
Hugo E. Beck becomes new superintendent.
10/28/1948
Special election for free bus transportation / Defeated
6/14/1951
Construction of new elementary school began near Weber & Hildesheim roads.
4/21/1953
Bond issue for $270,000 for addition to new elementary / Passed
6/22/1953
Discussion with Mr. Brinkman to straighten out school property line to enable Bayless to have a quarter mile track.
6/14/1954
Closed Heege School and moved students to new elementary.
4/3/1956
Purchase land from Charles Brinkman. $9,000 per acre. 4.86 acres purchased.
1/22/1956
Special election for new high school. Vote: 592 yes/205 against / Passed
1956
Bayless is the second-fastest growing school district in St. Louis County.
1958
New high school opens.
6/30/1960
Hugo E. Beck retires.  Gene Church becomes new superintendent.
7/8/1964
Cross country and track teams added as a sport at BHS.
6/30/1965
Gene Church, superintendent, resigns. George Baxter becomes new superintendent.
11/23/1966
Kindergarten moved from Heege School to new building.
1/25/1967
Heege School sold on 9/27/1967 for $6,500.

​...and the rest is history 
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  • The Beginning 1868-1909
  • Samuel M. Bayless
  • Bayless School District Facts
  • Vintage Bayless Signage Announcements
  • 1920's
  • 1930's
  • 1940's
  • 1950's
  • 1960's
  • 1970's
  • 1980's
  • 1990's
  • 2000's
  • 2011-2018