Plans to build a new school in Fultondale began in 2018, when the Jefferson County Board of Education announced in March the existence of the project, alongside plans to renovate other area schools.

[3] In 2019, the project and a tax to finance it had been approved, and improvements to the district began in August 2019.

[4] An EF3 tornado struck the old Fultondale High School on January 25, 2021.

[5] Following the tornado, it was announced the school would resume operation via remote learning until that March, when students would return to on-campus learning at Warrior Elementary School in Warrior, Alabama.

[7] The school officially opened with its first day of on-campus learning on August 14, 2023.