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NEW EDUCATION

FACILITIES

Building Jackson County’s

Workforce Pipeline

by Bonnie Hunter

Construction is underway on a new high baseball and softball fields; and a marching
school on Jackson County’s west side. Voters band practice field.
approved funding a bond request for more
than $50 million for the Jackson County Students currently zoned for ninth- through
School System in March 2019. 12th-grade for Jackson County High School and
eighth-graders zoned for West Jackson Middle
In addition to the new high school, the School will attend the new high school. The
bond will finance renovations at East 140-acre site is designed to also accommodate
future construction of an elementary school
Jackson Middle School and support work on and a middle school. universities with local secondary schools and
a new college and career center, as well as business and industry.
other projects across the district. Once classes begin on the new high school
campus, the existing JCHS facility on Winder By partnering with Lanier Technical College,
Highway in Jefferson will become home to the the University of North Georgia, and many
Building plans for the 250,000 square-foot business, industry, and community partners,
high school facility on Skelton Road, just Empower College & Career Center (EC3). EC3
off Highway 332 in the Braselton-Hoschton will serve students from JCHS, East Jackson EC3 will offer students the chance to earn
community, include multi-purpose and Comprehensive High School, Commerce high school and college credits in multiple
science labs, a two-story media center, a full High School, and Foothills Education Charter professional and career pathways. Before
fine arts wing, an auditorium, and an open High School. Dual enrollment, which enables leaving high school, students from across
stadium-style instructional space. The campus students to earn college and high school credit Jackson County will have the opportunity to
also will feature a competition gym and a simultaneously, will be offered onsite. explore fields that are relevant to entering
multi-purpose athletics facility for basketball, the contemporary workforce, such as applied
wrestling, cheerleading, volleyball, and other EC3 was awarded a $3 million grant by the engineering technologies, healthcare science,
activities; a competition football and soccer Technical College System of Georgia as part of film, architecture, industrial trades, supply
stadium field and practice field; tennis courts; the state’s vision to unite technical colleges and chain management logistics, and more.
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