The Heard County Comprehensive High School has evolved into a modern facility.
Heard County citizens have always made education a top priority and even before the state accepted responsibility for providing school at public expense, citizens here established and operated small schools in every neighborhood.
The Public School Law was enacted October 13, 1870, and citizens continued to provide additional funds for support of these schools.
During World War I, a two-story rock building was erected on a hill above the town. There was a shortage of materials and the inside walls were lined with a heavy grade paste board. In 1929, the school burned, and the paste board went up in flames in a matter of minutes. No one was injured because most were outside for recess. The building was rebuilt using the same rock walls, but it burned again around 1938. This time, only the first floor walls were saved.
The gym was built in 1971. Also, in 1971, an old cattle barn and canning plant were torn down to build the football stadium, which was named Staples Stadium to honor retiring principal Don Staples.
A football program started at the High School in 1972.
A field house was built in 1989. In 1991, the middle school (which served grades six through eight) was constructed. In 2002, the middle school was moved to a new campus on Field Road.
During the summers of 1993 and 1996, a major construction project upgraded and added buildings to the campus.
Heard County High School's mission is to Produce Responsible Individuals and Develop Excellence.
