Dad was 14 when he completed elementary school and received his diploma in May of 1942. I am surprised that when he graduated from elementary school he could go to any high school in the state.
This also was a surprise. I didn’t know Dad went to college for anything, but according to this, he went to Elgin Community College in 1959 to learn welding. I didn’t realize that ECC was part of the Elgin Public Schools either.