South HIgh School to be Home of Ohio's First Global Impact STEM Academy

Clark County is just days away from joining the national spotlight as the home of the first Global Impact STEM Academy in Ohio.  There is only one other school in the nation that will provide high school students with the opportunity of a lifetime.  The school is modeled after the Biotechnology Agriscience STEM School located in North Carolina.

Funding for the renovations is reported to be 9 million dollars. 

 

http://www.enoneagle.net/index.php/news/1008-south-high-school-to-be-home-of-ohios-first-global-impact-stem-academy.html

School starts Monday, 8/19, with a class of 50 @ Clark State

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local-education/stem-school-opening-excites-student-parent/nZRGf/

The Global Impact STEM Academy governing board on Monday afternoon authorized an exploration into options other than the former South High School building as a permanent site for the school.

 

The renovations have been estimated to cost between $3.5 and $4.5 million for the 60,000 to 70,000 square feet expected to be needed to house Global Impact. The school has approximately $1 million in committed donations for the possible renovation project at South, which closed in 2008 with the opening of Springfield High.

The academy has 46 enrolled students through its first semester. The goal for next year is 175 students, which Founding Director Josh Jennings hopes will come in the form of 25 incoming sophomores and 100 incoming freshmen.

“I’m comfortable that we’ll reach that goal or come close,” said Jennings, who added that about 30 applications for 2014-15 have been received to date.