Violet C. Bascom
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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 |