The $450,000 already in the 2009 budget is slated for razing Bel Air Academy and re-drawing plans around what will remain of the building, while improving the athletic fields and bus loop.

A unanimous vote by the board ended the debate that has gone on for nearly a year over the fate of the 125-year-old Bel Air Academy at 45 E. Gordon St., decreeing that the former school and office ...

Coach Smiley Originally Played By Dave Florek One of the funniest, and most beloved side characters from Fresh Prince, was Bel-Air Academy's history and basketball teacher, Coach Smiley.

But when I got to the set, and I was actually on Bel-Air Academy — that set with all the kids walking by in their uniforms — it was crazy. It was like nothing I’ve ever experienced.

"When I got to the set and I was actually [at] Bel-Air Academy, that set with all the kids walking by in their uniforms, it was crazy," Ali told E! News in February 2023. "It was like nothing I've ...

But when I got to the set, and I was actually on Bel-Air Academy — that set with all the kids walking by in their uniforms — it was crazy. It was like nothing I’ve ever experienced.