 In 1970, NFCS signed an agreement to lease the "Old Sealey School" campus from the Leon County school board.In response to the lease, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare blocked the public school system from receiving a $200,000 federal grant since the school board was aiding a racially segregated private school.In 1975, school head James Pound told the "Tallahassee Democrat" that the school had turned down all black applicants to avoid racial conflict at the school.