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
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