In 2017, the Governor Mifflin School Board approved an official facilities study of the secondary campus, which includes Governor Mifflin High School and Middle School. The study focused on the replacement of building equipment (HVAC units, roofs, etc...) that were at or past the end of the recommended life cycle while also evaluating how the current school buildings support current and future educational programming for students. The cost of necessary repairs for mechanical equipment and bringing the 60+ year old buildings up to code was estimated to be $40 million.

Seeing the cost of required maintenance, district leaders received school board approval to continue to evaluate the other options for modernizing the school buildings to hopefully find efficient and impactful ways to complete upgrades and improvements. Throughout 2017 and 2018, district leaders and architects from The Schrader Group engaged a group of staff members, students, parents, retirees, municipal and business leaders in a series of meetings to better understand how the high school and middle school currently serve the educational process and our community. This group of community members also shared ideas from their diverse first-hand experiences to help shape this building project.

After evaluating building projects that ranged from razing current buildings and building new to focusing only on the mechanical and codes upgrades, the district proposed a plan that aimed to efficiently and creatively repurpose existing space within the current building footprints. This plan includes capturing the largest spaces within each school building, the athletic spaces, and relocating that space to a modern community center to be constructed along Governor Mifflin Stadium. Not only does this plan redesign the current buildings in ways that will better support and enhance the academic, music, arts, and career preparation programming, but the new community center will serve the larger community as a welcoming space designed to be used  by all members of the community for youth and varsity athletics, meeting and classroom space, and other gathering activities.