Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Multi-Magnet High School
Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Multi-Magnet High School is a magnet high school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It has an enrollment of approximately 1500 students in grades 9 through 12.
70% of students live in Bridgeport, and 30% of students live in the following districts: Easton, Fairfield, Milford, Monroe, Shelton, Stratford and Trumbull.
History
The high school cost $125.8 million to build, making it the most expensive school in the state of Connecticut at the time. Since it is a magnet school, the state taxpayers paid $119 million of the costs. The school was built on both Trumbull and Bridgeport's land, but the campus was later given to Bridgeport.
The first 203 Fairchild Wheeler graduates graduated in 2016.
Multi-Magnet
Fairchild Wheeler is made up of 3 smaller high schools with their own field of study.
Biotechnology Research & Zoological Research
Principal: Mr. Beswick Channer
Aerospace / Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences
Principal: Mr. Jay Lipp
Information Technology & Software Engineering
Principal: Mr. Christopher Johnson
References
- ^ "Fairchild Wheeler Campus Homepage". Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ "Green Projects Award of Merit: Fairchild Wheeler Inter-District Magnet Campus". ENR New York. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "Bridgeport, CT will get $125 million school for $6 million, Trumbull approval still pending - Watchdog.org". Watchdog.org. December 1, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Fairchild Wheeler Celebrates Its First-Ever Class Of Graduates". Bridgeport Daily Voice. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences". Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences". Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ "Information Technology & Software Engineering". Retrieved May 7, 2023.