Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School
The Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School is a planned charter high school for grades 9–12. The school's curriculum will focus on skills needed to enter the aerospace and aviation careeers in the military and defense industry, as well as commercial aviation. The school's founder is Ruben Morris and Charles Knight chairs its governing board.
The school's founder initially intended the school to be opened alongside the Southern Museum of Flight in 2022, and to move with the museum to a new campus in the Grand River area. After the Birmingham Board of Education voted against the proposal, the site of the new school was changed to the Foundation of Life Church , with plans to construct a new facility at the Bessemer Municipal Airport. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission approved their charter in August 2021.
It is anticipated that the Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School will have partnerships with Delta Airlines Technical Operations, Auburn University School of Aviation and the UAB Department of Criminal Justice, as well as Tuskegee University, Miles College, and Alabama State University.
References
- Coker, Angel (November 3, 2020) "New charter school with aviation, aerospace focus eyed for Birmingham." Birmingham Business Journal
- Coker, Angel (January 28, 2021) "Bham Board of Education denies aviation charter school application." Birmingham Business Journal
- Coker, Angel (August 31, 2021) "Alabama Public Charter School Commission approves aviation-focused charter school." Birmingham Business Journal