Terry Martino moved to Northam Senior High School in 2013 and was replaced by the deputy principal Vicki Bogensperger.

The deputy principal, Vicki Bogensperger, accepted the award on behalf of Terry Martino and remarked "We are on an improvement journey at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School and in a sense, the work will never be complete.

The director of the group commented on the "dramatic improvements at the school" in the areas of uniform, behaviour and mobile phone policy.

[5] In July 2017, the second stage was completed, which included the new Visual Arts and Eastern Goldfields Education Support Centre buildings.

[8] The school had many reported incidents of violence in 2009 between indigenous and Maori students, resulting in cultural advisors being employed to tackle the problem.

[9] The school was in the headlines in 2010 when a teacher set an assignment asking the students how they would launch a chemical or biological terrorist attack on an unsuspecting Australian community to kill as many civilians as possible.

[18] This incident forced the school to be closed for a day for repairs so that it was safe for students and staff members to return.