The school was located near the Stafford County Courthouse in what is now part of the Alvin York Bandy Administrative Complex.

Tribal leaders overwhelmingly supported keeping the team name “Indians,” but were unhappy with the mascot's historical inaccuracy.

The original mascot featured a full-feathered headdress more common to the Plains Indians than to the ancestral Patawomeck tribes native to the Stafford area.

In October 2022 almost one half of the population of the school and some teachers were absent with flu-like or Gastrointestinal tract symptoms, prompting a health investigation.

Goals of the STAT program include incorporating workplace experiences, implementing industry assessments, providing hands-on learning experiences, aligning curriculum to emerging job opportunities, and maintaining a strong partnership network, such as the Dual Enrollment agreement the program maintains with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).