Freeport Area High School - Freeportian Yearbook (Freeport, PA)

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NIA tory Freeport Area Joint High School was erected in 1923. The two-story, white brick structure was built to accommodate high school students from Buffalo Township, South Buffalo Town- ship, and Freeport Borough. Freeport students from the first eight grades also attended the new school which cost approximately S250,000. During the first year of the school, the super- vising principal, E. O. Liggit acted as principal for the high school. Under his jurisdiction were about five hundred pupils in the new building. With the arrival of the year 1937 came the introduction of Freeport High School's first year- book. For the last twenty-five years the tradition of publishing an annual has been carried on by each succeeding senior class. To meet the demands of a growing school population Freeport Area High School has ex- panded two times during its forty-year history. Additions were made in 1936 and again in 1949. With the completion of these additions the school had twenty-six classrooms available for use. Again in 1955 the School Board was faced with the problem of overcrowded school condi- tions. They decided to construct a new senior high school. The problem now was how to ac- commodate the students until completion of the senior high building. Beginning in the fall of 1957, Freeport High School operated On split sessionsg senior high students attended morning classes and junior high students attended after- noon classes. The practice of split sessions was terminated in October l96l when the new Senior High School was ready for occupancy. Since 1961 the old Freeport High School has been used as a junior high- school. Marion S. Goodwill is presently serving as principal off the junior high school. 13