About

	Lapel was once a small one-room school located on Pendleton Pike at the east edge of town. A school was built on the Studleyfarm about 1874. It was known as Studley School and later was White School. In 1890, a two-room brick school was built northwest of the frame schoolhouse by Township Trustee James M. Anderson. A committee consisting of James Anderson, Dr. B. Davis, and Arthur Woodward made the tax levy.
The site of the school at the north edge of town was bought from George W. Wright, and in 1899 an eight-room building was erected. A. Johnson Shetterly was trustee at this time, and first superintendent was E.L. Holton, with Rufus A. Hoover, Principal. School board members were E.G. Huffman, president; William Woodward and R.S. Wilson. In 1912, a substantial addition, including a gym and six other classrooms, was made. Now there were all of the advantages of the modern city school systems, with manual training, domestic science department, and special courses in music and art.
In 2008, an entire new school was opened that was completely different than anything the town had dealt with. The opening of the school brought a two story building that's filled with many opportunities. It was built to hold around 900 students. The administration was excited about what the school brought to the table and everything that it has to offer. Everyone in and out of the school is still very excited at seeing how the current school grows and are looking forward to many years in its presence.	In 1924, with Ward O. Shetterly, Trustee, additional remodeling and construction were undertaken. The old gymnasium was converted into a new domestic science and manual training unit. Meanwhile, a new gym assembly room, and classrooms were built. In 1953, the school was first used. However, it was used only for graduation of the seniors from the old school. The first complete school year in this building wasn't until 1954. Later, there were additional buildings built. The first addition was a ten-room elementary section. The athletic building was completed at the west end of the parking lot in 1975.