High School were forced to do double sessions to deal with the shortage of schooling space.
Some schools started double sessions; others added more pupils to each class.
"It attracts more people and forces us into double sessions."
The school was on double session, and had 4,500 students.
Besides, she added, the public school they would have attended was then on double sessions.
By the 1961-1962 school year, Lenape was on double sessions with approximately 1,500 students.
So beginning in August 1974, the county had to resort to double sessions.
"I can do a double session of studying the day before or the day after."
As a result, double sessions were instituted in 1967 and continued through 1971.
The relief from double sessions and an overcrowded school was short lived.