 These two new middle schools were built to accommodate more students after a third building, Horace Mann, was gutted by fire in 2005.Burlington Community High School was constructed in 1968, and occupied the following year, with the first graduating class in June 1970.Prior to that, the high school students were educated at the former Apollo High School building located near the downtown business district; the building is still standing and for a time served as Burlington Alternative High School, but has been unoccupied since 1996.