The program offers accelerated high school classes to gifted middle schoolers. In the program middle schoolers are semi-integrated with the rest of the population and take SSP (Springfield Scholars Program) classes, high school honors classes with the rest of the population along with Pre-IB classes with other high school Pre-IB students. The school also features the A+ program, a state program that offers College tuition in exchange for tutoring. Central High School's Media II class develops and releases a bi-weekly in-house news program entitled "Central Intelligence", sometimes referred to as "CI". The program is produced by students for the student body and informs students of local events, both in Springfield and at Central. Central Intelligence has received a total of six pacemaker awards and in 2011 received Best of Show at the National Scholastic Press Association show in Minneapolis. In 2012, Central Intelligence again won a pacemaker at the National Scholastic Press Association, this time held in Austin. The school is well known for having many stories of "ghosts," "spooks," and other haunting-related stories surrounding it. The rumors seem to surround many areas of the building, including the tunnels, fourth floor attic, and room 311. Room 311 was a room in the original building of Springfield. The room was rumored to emit eerie noises, and the door locking on its own. However, with the addition of the "New Building" the old building was renumbered, and its hallways were realigned. Therefore, the original room 311 is no longer numbered 311 and it is unknown what its new room number is. "The tunnels" is a known name for the tunnels that lie under the building originally connected to a series of caves. The tunnels originally were used to sort heat throughout the building. The rumors of haunting begin with a tale of two people being hanged at the mouth of the cave that the tunnels are connected to. The tunnels are rumored to be haunted by said entities roaming the tunnels. The majority of the tunnels were destroyed in 2001 with the construction of the "New Building". After this the rumors of haunting died for a period of time before resurfacing at a fundraising night in November 2006. During the event History Club began allowing tours of the tunnels as a way of raising funds. They turned the tunnel tour into a "haunted house" and from after that conspiracy around the tunnels made a climb.