Elementary school children previously started a week later than high school students in the fall. Education was inaugurated in 1946. Through this program students learn retailing methods in the classroom and work part-time in retail outlets. Main centers of the programs were Mansfeld, University Heights, Sam Hughes and Carrillo Schools. Summer school courses were offered on a tuition basis in grades four through eight and in the high school.
Present policy is to operate summer sessions in high schools only, on a tuition basis.
This service developed into the present Department of Pupil Personnel. This was the beginning of the present Engineering Department, which supervises school construction and produces architectural specifications for the construction. Vesey had under his jurisdiction the Maintenance Department until 1966, when maintenance was made an individual department. Vesey retired at the close of the 1966-67 school year. This was enacted into law in 1953 and in 1954, the first five-member Board was elected.