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Dedication Ceremony Planned for Athens Community Career Academy
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle will give an address at a ceremony on Wednesday dedicating the new school.
State and local officials will mark the opening of the new and H.T. Edwards complex on Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and keynote addresses from Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and the grandaughter of the facility's namesake, according to a Clarke County School District press release.
The Career Academy is a collaboration of the , , , OneAthens and the local business community. The renovated facility was formerly Athens’ all-black high school and most recently had served as the school district's alternative school. It reopened for students in August as a career academy, financed in part through a $3.1 million grant from the Technical College System of Georgia and the state's Career Academy initiative, which Cagle helped spearhead in 2007.
Homer T. Edwards, for whom the H.T. Edwards Complex is named, was a former principal of the black school, known as Athens High and Industrial School. His granddaughter, who will speak at the event, is Hannah T. Edwards, an Elite Scholars Academy teacher, according to the release.
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Located on the complex campus are the Career Academy, Athens Tech Adult Education, Boys & Girls Club, Classic City High School and the school district’s Office of Early Learning. All facilities will be open from 5-6 p.m. on Dec. 7 for public tours. In addition, there will also be a public reception.
At the Athens Community Career Academy, more than 200 Clarke County high school students are enrolled in one of the approximately 15 pathways at the Career Academy on topics including early childhood care, law and justice and therapeutic services. Through the program, students will take a course sequence in their chosen pathway, have the opportunity to take college courses, participate in an internship and complete a final project.
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The public reception will take place at 4 p.m. in the Heritage Hall of the Career Academy, located at 440 Dearing Ext., Bldg. 1 in Athens.
Guests are asked to RSVP to Victoria Presley in the school district’s Office of Public Relations and Communications at presleyv@clarke.k12.ga.us or (706) 546-7721, ext. 18248.
