slowly, as the town began to grow, conditions began to get cramped at 83 east main street. when the school (and its 185 students from first through twelfth grade) moved to a larger facility in 1898, 83 east main street remained the school district's primary school until the 1920s, served as part of the high school's vocational program until the 1950s, and became the headquarters for the newark special school district through 1981. when the christina school district was created in 1981, the location was absorbed by the new district and continued to be used as the district headquarters until 2004.