[2] Bel Air High School began as the Harford County Academy when it was formed by an act of the Maryland General Assembly in 1811.

This building became solely a grade school in 1924 and headquartered the Harford County Board of Education after 1951.

The building had a design capacity of 1,423 students; as a result, 11 "portables" were in use to provide additional classroom space.

The current Bel Air High School building was built in 2009, and has a capacity of 1,668 students.

[16] Since the scandal broke a Change.org petition was formed calling for "Zero Tolerance for Racism in the School."