founded in 1934, it was originally located at hooker and south grand avenues in the city of poughkeepsie where it began with 35 students and three faculty members. the school outgrew that facility and in 1963, it moved to custom built premises on the vassar college campus at 39 new hackensack road, poughkeepsie. the school outgrew that facility and in the 1990s acquired two buildings from ibm and moved to its current campus on boardman road.