East Brunswick High School - History

History

East Brunswick High School opened for the 1958-59 school year. Previously, students living in the Township attended South River High School in neighboring South River. In that first year, the school housed grades six, seven, eight and nine. Those four classes occupied the school until June 1962, when the original 9th graders became its first graduating class and the school contained grades nine through twelve. Because the school exceeded its intended capacity of 1,700 students, freshmen were dropped into the town's two junior high schools in 1967. Enrollment reached a peak of about 2,600 in 1973 before dropping. By 1990, the school had less than 2,000 students, falling to around 1,700 by 1997. At that point, the enrollment began rising again, to its present total.

Additions to the school were built in 1965, 1971 and 2001, in efforts to ease overcrowding. The 2001 expansion included a second level of classrooms, over the administrative offices; a corridor connecting three "buildings" that had previously been connected only by a covered outdoor walkway; and expanded facilities for the cafeteria, library, arts and athletic departments. Currently, a large portion of the building does not have air conditioning and are supplied with fans instead. In the winter, the heating system in several rooms do not function well. As a result, it may get hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

The school day at East Brunswick High School begins at 7:26 AM and ends at 2:12 PM. It operates its daily bell schedule on a 12-period system.

In the beginning of the 2005-06 school year, due to security reasons, the school instituted an ID system in which the students must wear their IDs at all times.