Governor Francis Sargent summoned 450 members of the National Guard, over the objection of Mayor Kevin White.

Sargent also made a request to President Gerald Ford to send federal troops to Boston to quell racial violence in the city, which was denied.

Once described as a "country club" by its headmaster,[7] by the 1980s and continuing into the 90s, the school was fraught with claims of racism,[8] violence among students,[9] a consistent underperformer threatened with loss of accreditation,[10] and a frequent target for closure.

[11] Another Course to College was temporarily relocated and held classes in the basement of Hyde Park High School from 1989 until 1993.

The facility was renamed the Hyde Park Education Complex, and smaller autonomous schools and academic programs were created, each with a focused theme.

The Community Academy of Science & Health was relocated to Dorchester, leaving the building empty for the first time in 82 years.

Hyde Park High remained at the location until it was decided that a new, larger building was needed to house the school's growing population.

The current Hyde Park Educational Complex is accessible by taking the MBTA bus 32 from nearby Forest Hills.