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History

Edwardsville High School was first located on North Kansas Street in downtown Edwardsville. Due to the expansion of the town, a new high school was commissioned in 1921. Today, the first building is Columbus Elementary School. The second Edwardsville High School was completed in 1925, on 145 West Street. Rather than rebuild a bigger school, it was expanded over the years to meet the demands of the growing school district. In 1993, Edwardsville High school was unable to be expanded any longer, and a motion was passed to turn the old High School into a middle school, and build a new state of the art High School at 6161 Center Grove Road. The current Edwardsville High School complex was completed in 1996 by the Korte Company and began regular use in 1997

Incidents

The school has been the target of several bomb threats, most notably in 2004, 2010, 2014, and 2018. In November 2019, several fights broke out due to racial posts on

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References

{{authority control 1921 establishments in Illinois Educational institutions established in 1921 Public high schools in Illinois Schools in Madison County, Illinois