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Aerospace Academy director outlines lab-school plan, $4.67 million state grant and recruitment status
Summary
Rachel White, director of the Aerospace Academy of the Eastern Shore, briefed the Accomack County School Board on the lab-school model, curriculum, equipment purchases, and lottery-based admissions; the program has 69 applications and 57 local applicants so far.
Rachel White, director of the Aerospace Academy of the Eastern Shore, told the Accomack County School Board the program is a state-funded lab school established in 2024 with a five-year grant of $4,670,000.
White said the academy serves grades 9–12, is tuition free, and will operate as a co-located program across four high schools in year one: two required elective courses (computer science and engineering explorations for ninth grade) will be taught by grant-funded STEM specialists.…
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