 The building originally housed grades 7-8 on the third floor, 9-10 on the second, and 11-12 on the first.During the first school year (1979-1980) there was no senior class, as those students were allowed finish the year at Southern Regional High School.The building featured an experimental "open classroom" design, where a large group of students of varying skill levels would be in a single, large classroom with several teachers overseeing them; and contained no interior walls.