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DoD-backed STEM-plus labs arrive in middle schools; division explores expansion to high school pipeline
Summary
The school division is piloting DoD-funded STEM-plus labs in four middle schools at no cost; board members discussed potential 9–10 grade expansion and links to the tech center and CVCC for career-technical pathways.
Doctor Stanley said the STEM-plus middle-school labs came to the division through a partnership with a company identified as DES and a Department of Defense grant; the labs were installed at each middle school at no cost to the division and "the STEM labs that they put in each cost about $600,000, and it cost us absolutely nothing," he said.
Stanley and supervisors discussed opportunities to feed the program into high-school career and technical offerings and the regional CTE academy at CVCC (used to address capacity constraints). Board members noted programmatic limits at the tech center (safety and ratio caps) and the need to decide whether to invest locally or rely on regional partners and grant opportunities for growth.
