 The school has been affected by state budget cuts, leading to shortages in basic supplies; in 2004, a local real estate company held a community fundraiser to purchase pens, pencils, markers, erasers, and scissors for the school.In 2003, a district school board trustee criticized the school's implementation of the district zero-tolerance disciplinary policy when her nine-year-old son was suspended for one day for bringing a butter knife to school for a science experiment.A teacher reported the boy to the principal after having seen the boy showing the knife to a friend.