ðə skˈuːl sˈʌfɚd dˈɑːlɚ fˈoːɹ.fˈaɪv mˈɪliən ɪn fˈaɪɚ dˈæmɪdʒ æz ðə ɹɪzˈʌlt ʌv ˈɑːɹsən ˌɔn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ θˈɜːɾi, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt, wˌɛn tˈuː sˈiːnjɚz æt ðə skˈuːl ænd ɐ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt ɡɹˈædʒuːət θɹˈuː mˈɑːlətˌɑːv kˈɑːkteɪlz ˌɪntʊ ðə bˈɪldɪŋ.
The school suffered $4.5 million in fire damage as the result of arson on December 30, 1978, when two seniors at the school and a 1978 graduate threw Molotov cocktails into the building.