In 2018, Dr. Ford requested that BSA commission a school wide equity audit to evaluate and address inequity in the school. With the support of the Board of Trustees, the BSA Foundation raised funding to engage the consulting firm, Sage Wellness, to help identify problems and to provide a deeper understanding of racial issues at BSA.

Beginning in the spring of 2019, Sage Wellness conducted a full equity audit with quantitative and qualitative analysis; focus groups and surveys with employees (both FT and PT), students, parents and board members, looking at issues at achievement and opportunity gap, attendance rates, test scores, college placements.

In response to the audits results, anti-racist and equity workshops were held during the 2019-2020 school year before schools were closed in March 2020 due to COVID-19.