In 1968, a controversy brewed up when a local Baptist minister attempted to get the school to not use the novels Demian by Hermann Hesse, The Emperor of Ice-Cream by Brian More, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes in an English class.

With several million dollar homes in the vicinity of Sunday River Ski Resort, the tax base of the area keeps rising.

[2][full citation needed] While property valuations have increased, many middle income jobs have been lost due to economic conditions and the poor business climate for the area's paper industry.

[citation needed] Sunday River itself, able to weather just about any economic crisis, shed 32 full-time positions in 2009.

The loss of jobs in the area have brought about a steady decrease in the school population as families move away seeking employment.