He came from his native Nebraska by rail to Los Angeles County to assume his new position, accompanied by his wife, Luella (1913–1999), who served later as the kindergarten teacher of long standing as the school's size expanded.

The initial enrollment of pupils in the school, coming in the middle of the academic year, amounted to just nine children;[1] and Uffelman doubled as their teacher.

Uffelman was both the first and longest-serving principal of Good Shepherd School, working as the administrator for 41 years until he reached retirement age in 1977.

[1] As the school and church grew, in 1941 both institutions were able to move to a new property at the corner of Grevillea Avenue and Arbor Vitae Street in Inglewood.

Within the main Parish Hall itself, third, fourth, seventh, and eighth grades met in the south wing of this building.

Sixth grade met in a classroom in the center portion of the building which attached both the north and the south wings.

The playground and open space of the school was on the east end of the campus, facing Maple Street.

Good Shepherd School never practiced segregated admissions at any time, although its enrollment always reflected the prevailing demographic patterns in the City of Inglewood.

As an increasing number of American mothers worked at paid occupations outside the home during the 1970s,[5] the school founded an Extended Day Care operation in 1975.

Upon Uffelman's 1977 retirement as principal, Jerry Reinertson became the school's second administrator and served in this capacity for the first time from 1977 to 1982.

From 1970 to 1977 he had served Good Shepherd Church as Youth Director and taught Social Studies and Current Events as single subjects for sixth through eighth grades (he had been a teacher at a Lutheran school in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1968 to 1970).

This new facility was the site of the indoor games of Good Shepherd School's athletic clubs, and also of dramatic productions.

[7] Patrick Gagan was principal from 1990 to 1991; and subsequently was in the same post at Redeemer Lutheran School of South Gate, California.

But as the church was smaller than during its own apex years, the question inevitably emerged as to how long the total assets of Good Shepherd could cover the school's annual losses.

Shortly after the 2002-2003 academic year began, South Bay Lutheran High School launched plans to develop a "middle school preparatory academy" on its campus at Concordia Lutheran Church of Inglewood for sixth through eighth grades, which proved ultimately successful.

Simultaneously with this development, in November 2002, Century Housing, Culver City, California, offered to pay rent to the church expressing an interest in using the ERA Building facility for a public charter school.