The school began offering the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme beginning in the fall of 2019.

Garner resident Tim Stevens, a retired journalist, in March 2018 premiered a theatrical production, "68," telling the story of the school's September 2 opening that year.

Stevens credits the community and principal Wayne Bare for managing integration peacefully and for overcoming a number of construction delays.

[7] In a 2008 book on implementation of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, editors Daugherity and Bolton attribute Garner's successful desegregation to Bare's effort to create a shared culture and avoid a power imbalance.

[9][10] In 2024 Garner won the 4A State Championship in Softball with Lily Keefer winning Finals MVP.