Facing increasing enrollment in the late 1940s the town moved to establish a new high school to serve area towns that would be equipped with modern facilities and safety features as well as plenty of space for sport related activities, something desperately unavailable at the then downtown location.
With growing student numbers in the late 1940s, the town opted to construct a new high school to provide facilities and safety measures for nearby communities, as well as room for athletic activities, which were scarce at the original location.