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Knox County students building tiny houses to house homeless veterans through 865 Academies
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Students in Knox County Schools are building roughly 20 tiny houses this year through the district's 865 Academies program; the units will be placed at Hero Hill and intended to house homeless veterans, program speakers said. Students described hands-on learning and community benefit.
Speakers at a Knox County Schools presentation described a student-led effort to build tiny houses this year that will be placed at Hero Hill and used to house homeless veterans.
"All this year, we are working on, tiny houses, that will be placed at Hero Hill," said Speaker 1, who introduced the project and said the district will build "about 20" such units across Knox County Schools this year. Speaker 2 identified the work as part of the district's 865 Academies programming.
The program connects construction work to career…
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