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Magnet school in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Fairchild Wheeler
Address
840 Old Town Road
Bridgeport, Connecticut, 06606
Information
TypeMagnet
Opened2013
DeanMaggie Oquendo
PrincipalJay Lipp
PrincipalBeswick Channer
PrincipalChristopher Johnson
Grades9-12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1500
Colour(s)Orange, Blue, Green
Websitehttps://www.bridgeportedu.net/FWC

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

  1. "Fairchild Wheeler Campus Homepage". Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  2. "Green Projects Award of Merit: Fairchild Wheeler Inter-District Magnet Campus". ENR New York. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. "Bridgeport, CT will get $125 million school for $6 million, Trumbull approval still pending - Watchdog.org". Watchdog.org. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  4. "Fairchild Wheeler Celebrates Its First-Ever Class Of Graduates". Bridgeport Daily Voice. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  5. "Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences". Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. "Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences". Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  7. "Information Technology & Software Engineering". Retrieved 2023-05-07.

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