STEM-Focused High School Planned For North Fulton

ALPHARETTA, GA -- The Fulton County School System wants your input on its new STEM-focused high school campus planned for the North Fulton area.

A community meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 28 at the Milton Center's media center.

Scheduled to open by Fall 2020 on the site of the former Milton High School, the building will host college and career-focused curriculum pathways with a focus in the areas of Engineering, Healthcare Science, and Information Technology.

The community meeting will share information on STEM curriculum pathways and how they can be most beneficial in preparing students for their post-secondary options, whether it's through a two- or four-year college experience or through directly entering the workforce with specialized skills.

As a first step in the engagement process, the system hosted visioning workshops earlier this month with school leaders, teachers, students, and industry experts in healthcare, information technology, and post-secondary educational institutions to discuss curriculum pathways and how the campus can link the work of students to real world, project-based learning opportunities.

Short for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM is one of the fast-growing academic fields in the world and accounts for many of the new jobs being created in the workforce. It’s estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that jobs related to STEM will grow by more than 9 million nationwide by 2022.

The Milton Center is located at 86 School Drive in Alpharetta.

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