In 1996, a decision was made by the Gabrovo Municipal Council to return the school to its historic building in the city center, which for the previous few decades housed the National Museum of Education, founded in 1973. On February 9, 1998, the President Petar Stoyanov together with the mayor Nikolay Dachev inaugurated the renovated historical building of the Aprilov High School. This happened after a 25-year interruption of school activities in this building.
In 1996, the Gabrovo Municipal Council decided to return the school to its historic location in the city center, where it had been housed by the National Museum of Education for nearly three decades. On February 9, 1998, President Petar Stoyanov and Mayor Nikolay Dachev officially reopened the restored Aprilov High School after a 25-year absence from this site.