History
Upperman opened with an enrollment of 363 students from grades 9-12 on the campus of the former Baxter Seminary with Dave C. Huddleston as its first principal on August 22, 1959. It opened on the same campus of the former private school Baxter Seminary. In 1976, a new school was opened and enrollment was increased to include grades 7-12. On January 6, 2003, the new Upperman campus was opened for the first day of classes. Across town at the original Upperman, a new 5-8 grade Cornerstone Middle School also had its first day of classes.
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