Lassen County voter’s can be a stingy lot when it comes to passing local bond measures. During the 1920s, Lassen High School was overwhelmed by the increase of the student population, due to the tremendous growth from the lumber mills being established. By 1926, Susanville Elementary School District had built three schools in six years. The Lassen High School Trustees was in dire need to expand its facility, but were keenly aware the voters had no appetite to finance another bond measure. What to do? The most pressing need was to find a solution to the overcrowding. After all, classes began at 8:00 a.m. and lasted until 5:00 p.m. as a heavy rotation schedule was in place to meet all the needs of the students. The remedy was to build an east wing addition to the current structure. At the November 5, 1928 meeting, the trustees at the high school approved to construct the $33,000 east wing addition. They had a budget reserve of $6,300 that would be the initial down payment. At this time, they were only spending 69 cents of assessment funds, though the maximum was at 75 cents. The following year, they would raise the cap to 75, that provided an additional $12,000 for the building fund and it would remain until the project was paid in full. Work would not begin until May 1, so not be disruptive during school operations and was completed in time for fall classes.