MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — When Jennifer Schmidt attended high school, the student body was much smaller and more manageable.

"Just, I think 82 or 85, something like that in a graduating class and just really small," Schmidt said.

As Murfreesboro grew, Tina Minor remembers the Oakland High School auditorium did not expand with the population.

"I did paint your wagon in that small auditorium. We couldn't even all get on the stage," Minor said.

Principal John Marshall says at a certain point students couldn't even use the facility.

"We've not been able to have an auditorium since probably about 15 years ago," Marshall said.

The expansion added even more classrooms and Marshall says Oakland High School could hold up to 2,500 students. The current enrollment is about 2,150 students.

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