The school hosts nontraditional classroom programs for Howard County students in grades 6-12.

In 2001, the Board of Education of Howard County, Maryland began soliciting bids for the construction of a new Alternative Learning Center.

"[4] Homewood is located on the same campus as the Applications and Research Lab and the HCPSS central offices.

[9] The Homewood Center hosts nontraditional classroom programs for middle and high school students.

[15] In 2004, officials designated the Homewood Center as a trouble facility under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.