The name "Old Rochester" is a piece of local history in itself. Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester were originally all one town — old Rochester — before splitting into three separate communities, which is why a school built in Mattapoisett carries the name of a town it doesn't actually sit in. The junior high building dates to 1961, and starting in 2001 it underwent a major renovation that physically joined it to the neighboring high school on the same Marion Road campus, the layout families still see today. More than sixty years later, the name endures as a quiet reminder that these three towns have always shared more than a school district.